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TIL that itally has its own distinctive variety of rice

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Zdx4 TIL that in order to woo women drivers better and tailor a vehicle to their specific needs, Cadillac had their male executives drive around with paper clips on their fingertips, in order to simulate and cater to the “distinctly feminine experience of operating a vehicle with long fingernails.”
W5W8 TIL The Damascus Four Seasons Hotel is still open with full services and describes Syria as an “extremely inviting year-round travel destination”
ANQ8n TIL: After being synthesized by Heinrich Dreser of The Bayer company in 1895, heroin was originally used as a treatment for morphine addiction and The Bayer company marketed it by sending out free samples of it to the public
dDwo8 TIL that Tommy Wiseau of "The Room" recently directed another movie called "Big Shark"
Eo57 TIL Michael Diamond of the Beastie Boys interviewed “Weird Al” in 1996 and had Spike Jonze (in a neck brace) repeatedly interrupt the interview posing as a crazed fan, and arranged for Yoko Ono to walk by just as Al was talking about being denied permission to parody Beatles songs.