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TIL Guy Fieri’s restaurant Guy’s American Kitchen in Times Square is the only restaurant since 2012 to receive the worst rating in a New York Times restaurant review.

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R59e4 TIL that Al Pacino, who played Michael Corleone in The Godfather, grew up living with his grandparents, who immigrated from Corleone, Italy. His childhood nickname was Sonny.
VBAbk TIL that when Black South African soldiers returned home after serving in WW2 they were offered bikes and shoes for their service. Whereas White South African soldiers had brand new homes built for them by the government.
v1XJK TIL RPG doesn’t actually stand for rocket-propelled grenade instead it actually stands for “Ruchnoy Protivotankoviy Granatomyot” which translates to “Hand-held anti-tank grenade launcher”
DKNV TIL in 1849 New York, a man would walk up to strangers and begin a conversation. Gaining their trust, he would ask “Have you the confidence to trust me with your watch until tomorrow?” He would never return. When finally caught, he was labeled a “confidence man”, later shortened to simply “con man”.
xVbNb TIL that most of Earth’s oxygen comes from ocean plants like algae and phytoplankton.