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TIL today is National Cheese Pizza Day

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GYd6N TIL at the beginning of Rob Zombie's song Dragula, the line "Superstition, fear and jealousy" was a clip spoken by Christopher Lee in the film, The City of the Dead.
l677 TIL we frequently abbreviate Christmas as X-mas because of ancient tradition. X is the Greek letter “chi” which is an abbreviation for the word “Christ” in Greek.
jK5E TIL George Orwell loved a cup of tea so much that in 1946 he published a guide to making it called “A Nice Cup Of Tea”.
AD08l TIL that Edward Bulwer-Lytton, who came up with the term “The pen is mightier than the sword”, is also renowned for popularizing the “It was a dark and stormy night” opening line
QZAd TIL Plant roots will grow towards artificially produced water sounds.