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TIL Henry Winkler is an honorary OBE awarded to him by Queen Elizabeth II for services to children with special educational needs and dyslexia in the UK

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J1LPV TIL about Le Club des Chefs des Chefs, an international culinary organisation of chefs to world leaders. Members include the chef of king Charles III, the head chef of the White House, the chefs of the presidents of India and South Africa
lykV TIL the treadmill was created as a torture device.
xVa07 TIL that the word “quarantine” comes from the 40-day period, or “quaranti giorni,” that ships were required to wait outside of the port Venice, Italy during the time of the Black Death (1346-53).
Y7ZLB TIL that just one white European has ever run a 100m race in under 10 seconds.
m1dQy TIL NASA's New Horizons Spacecraft, which flew by Pluto in 2015, carries onboard a portion of the ashes of Clyde Tombaugh, the discoverer of Pluto. Also onboard (among other things) are a nylon American Flag, a 1991 postage stamp that reads "Pluto: Not Yet Explored", and FL and MD state quarters.