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TIL that the last Republican mayor of Pittsburgh served for one year - 1933 - the same year the Pittsburgh Steelers were founded.

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ADLJn TIL Chilli peppers originated in Latin America, and were only brought to India (the current largest consumer and exporter) in the 16th century by Portuguese traders.
loQoA TIL that in 1620 with the beer supply aboard ship running low, the captain of the Mayflower decided to land the settlers at Plymouth rock instead of sailing further south.
OGgkR TIL that Vlad the Impaler had a brother called Radu the Handsome.
b68EQ TIL about Walter Arnold, a British driver who became the first person to get charged for speeding on 28th January 1896. He was driving his car at 8 mph, four times the speed limit of 2 mph.
ZE4Y TIL of Betteridge’s law of headlines which states: “Any headline that ends in a question mark can be answered by the word no.”