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TIL Italians have an unleavened flatbread called Piadina

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mxGMY TIL of the Ben & Jerry's-inspired porn parody series called "Ben & Cherry's". Ben & Jerry's sued for trademark infringement, and a federal judge ordered 10 Ben & Cherry's porn titles removed, including "Boston Cream Thighs" & "Peanut Butter D-Cups".
rR5ed TIL that Pablo Escobar was making $2,500,000 an hour during the late 80’s and early 90’s. He made so much money that he would buy commercial airliners, fill them with cocaine and once they landed, abandon the plane and buy a new one for the next shipment.
D1dxJ TIL that despite 12 indictments and several convictions of high level officials involved in the Iran-Contra scandal, all perpetrators were either pardoned or had sentences overturned resulting in no prison time. The only person to go to jail was a minister who stole a street sign in protest.
poKp TIL that EVE Online, a huge space-themed MMO, had an online player battle so big that it lasted 21 hours, costing an theoretical real-world value of $330,000 in microtransactions, and had been the largest recorded player vs. player battle in history. It is known as the Bloodbath of B-R5RB.
jPQE TIL that the death of author C.S. Lewis was largely overlooked due to another event that day- the assassination of JFK.