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TIL that "Manitoba flour" is prized in Italy for its high protein content, ideal for making pizza and bread and named named after a Canadian province because of the origins of the wheat.

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0wRwA TIL a British interior designer transformed his apartment into a nearly flawless replica of the bridge of the Star Trek Voyager spaceship. His wife left him over the project and he was later jailed on child porn charges.
yVMlp TIL that in 2019, the TV series 'River Monsters' ended because host Jeremy Wade had caught nearly every exceptionally large freshwater fish species on Earth, leaving no content for future episodes.
vPd84 TIL in 2006 two woman were charged with criminal mischief for heating a fake penis called a “Whizzinator” in a convenience store microwave in order to pass a drug test. The clerk thought it was a real penis and called police. Charges were dropped after they agreed to replace the microwave.
8PJ4 TIL Anthony Edwards (Goose) and Val Kilmer (Iceman) from the 1986 movie “Top Gun” were reunited in Disney’s “Planes” where they both voiced F-18 Hornet fighter aircraft
LdQQ TIL that you should not ever give rabbits a full body bath, because they may possibly die from shock.