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TIL that the name of the Cappuccino comes from the Capuchin friars, referring to the color of their habits

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nvQ9 TIL cotton candy (candy floss) machines were invented by dentists
MBp0 TIL the original Mad Max (1979) movie was dubbed from Australian to American for US audiences.
loa57 Til that some people have a gene that makes cilantro taste like soap and I have that stupid gene
p8YZA TIL that three stray dogs saved nearly 50 soldier's lives in Afghanistan in 2010 after they fought off a suicide bomber. Two of the dogs survived and were taken to the U.S. to be reunited with the soldiers after $21,000 was raised on Facebook.
rNAPe TIL that in the 1700s eccentric farmer James Hirst tried to ride a bull like a horse and train an otter to fish but got banned from a town when his wicker carriage crashed into a shop window.