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TIL that movie theater popcorn costs more per ounce than filet mignon in U.S.A.

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BvYk TIL potatoes absorb Wi-Fi signals the same way people do, and are used to test/improve internet signals on airplanes.
ao8M TIL that in the 18th century, to ‘break a leg’ was a euphemism for a woman having an illegitimate child
V714 TIL that there’s a strong correlation between people who buy bird seed and people who usually pay their debts. Inversely, people who buy chrome accessories for their car tend to not pay their debts in full.
lD5B TIL Bobby Bonilla, a former baseball player, agreed to be bought out and defer his $5.9 million contract in 2000, so that the New York Mets would pay him $1.19 million every year from 2011 to 2035, totalling $29.8 million for a year he didn’t even play.
Y7bEG TIL R&B singer Teddy Pendergrass was giving a transwoman named Tenika Watson a ride home when he was involved in a car crash. While Watson walked away from the collision with minor injuries, Pendergrass had a spinal cord injury, leaving him a tetraplegic, paralyzed from the chest down.