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TIL that confetti were originally handfuls of candy (‘confections’) thrown during Italian carnivale. Masks were worn in part to protect your eyes from airborne bonbons. Paper replaced candy after the industrial revolution.

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YpPJZ TIL that 70% of all Porsche vehicles ever built are still on the road today.
WkgGA TIL about Joseph Trombino, a Brinks security guard who, after being shot multiple times in the famed armored car robbery of 1981, was almost killed in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing and eventually lost his life during the 9/11 attacks while making a delivery in the North Tower.
GXD1 TIL there’s a YouTube channel dedicated to women reading books while sitting on a vibrator
KklE TIL that Rollen Stewart, the infamous born-again Christian known for holding up “John 3:16” signs at televised athletic events, is currently serving three consecutive life sentences for kidnapping a hotel maid.
M7rWa TIL that during the Muhammad Ali vs Henry Cooper first fight, it has been alleged that Ali’s trainer Angelo Dundee used smelling salts to revive a knocked down Ali. This was against British boxing rules, and would have seen Ali disqualified if caught.