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TIL that in 2001, Pizza Hut delivered to the International Space Station costing them roughly one million USD

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jNQxa TIL that the clad "Scrotifera" is the scientific classification of mammals with scrotums
VonD TIL The film ‘Fantasia’ came about after the ambitious Walt Disney overspent on short The Sorcerer’s Apprentice by hiring revered conductor Leopold Stokowski to handle the score. Rather than writing off the debt, Disney decided to spend more by making a whole feature.
E44w TIL batman has beaten superman.
QN75p TIL that in 1953, Swanson overestimated the number of frozen turkeys that it would sell on Thanksgiving by 260 tons. The company decided to slice up the extra meat and repackage it--creating the first ever TV dinner.
b9V8N TIL in Paris, 2016, the only daughter of King Saud ordered her bodygaurds to take a handyman hostage for a minor precieved slight. They beat him, and forced him to kiss her feet. She recieved a 10,000€ fine.