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TIL that Hormel Foods keeps a file of hatemail they've received from American soldiers who had to eat the notorious food product while at war overseas

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eax4 TIL that dying by crucifixion was considered so shameful in the ancient world that early Christians made up an alternate ending in which a man was mistakenly crucified in Jesus’ place.
d8LVE TIL that the Roman Emperor Nero was publicly married to a freed male slave. Nero was the bride.
JlK8 TIL Mom (Futurama) was included in the 2007 Forbes list of the richest fictional characters as well as named one of the top ten worst moms ever by time magazine
BgpWd TIL about the Storegga Slide. In about 6200BCE, structural failures in the Norwegian continental shelf triggered submarine landslides with 3500km³ of debris, causing extreme tsunamis in the North Sea. A similar event today would be catastrophic for many coastal cities of Britain and mainland Europe.
LQvlV TIL that the inventor of the Pringles can, Fred Baur, was so proud of his creation that he requested to be buried in one. When he passed away in 2008, his family honored his request by placing part of his cremated remains in a Pringles can.