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TIL There are over 350 recognized pasta types in Italy today, but in the 13th century, there were 4 main types: spaghetti, ravioli, macaroni and gnocchi.

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KY5J TIL When Judas Priest was on trial for using subliminal messages in songs commanding listeners to kill themselves, singer Rob Halford argued that killing their fans would be counterproductive, and they would prefer to insert the command “Buy more of our records.”
R78E9 TIL Shakespeare didn't invent Romeo & Juliet, he took them from a poem called "The tragical history of Romeus and Juliet"
YpAKv TIL that there were 2,500 bombings in the US during the 1970s. In one instance, a Puerto Rican group bombed a cinema, but when police ordered everyone to leave, the audience angrily refused because they wanted to see the movie. However, these bombings are largely forgotten today.
QJloe TIL of Karen Silkwood, a nuclear plant worker and whistleblower. On November 13, 1974, she set out to meet a reporter to go public with evidence of extensive safety violations. She was later found dead; her car appeared to have been run off the road and the documents she had with her were missing.
xVk10 TIL while playing the Wicked Witch of the West, Margaret Hamilton suffered second-degree burns due to a pyrotechnics accident, so she refused to do any more "fireworks" scenes. Later her stunt double was on a flying broomstick, which exploded between her legs and left her permanently scarred.