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TIL fries are not french, but belgian

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gMkJA TIL that two mummified infants were found alongside Tutankhamun in his tomb - bodies of his stillborn daughters.
l78NK TIL about the church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster that practices Pastafarianism. Said monster created the universe while drunk. It's version of Heaven includes a beer volcano and a stripper factory.
epjvb TIL In 1983, it was announced on radio that the hard to find Cabbage Patch Dolls would be dropped from a plane at County Stadium. People just needed to hold up a catcher’s mitt and their credit card, to be photographed by the plane. 20-30 people fell for the prank and showed up at the stadium.
GYAY5 TIL that in 2010, Microsoft held a funeral for the iPhone to celebrate the launch of Windows Phone 7
J1dx8 TIL that since 1949 all Treasurers of the United States, whose signature is on all dollar bills (along with the Treasury Secretary’s), have been women