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TIL that Cannibalism itself isn't illegal in the US, it's just very difficult to get human meat legally.

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Y77mx TIL "Cityspeak", the pidgin street language incorporating Japanese/Spanish/German/etc.. used in Blade Runner & Blade Runner 2049 wasn't in Philip K. Dick's book, but was actually devised by "Gaff" actor Edward James Olmos while researching his character for the film.
KOKGw TIL Jerry Seinfeld was 38 when he started dating Shoshanna, then a 17 year old high schooler whom he met in a park
EgkjX TIL natural gas doesn’t have an odor, the distinctive smell is an additive for safety
rNAX0 TIL about the US WWII unit known as the “Ghost Army,” a tactical deception unit made of ~1000 soldiers. They used visual, sonic, and radio deception to fool German forces into thinking they had 30,000 soldiers with them.
EgZ5P TIL "Jelly Babies" were first named "Unclaimed Babies"