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TIL that the food pyramid came from Sweden
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TIL that the name “Spandex” was chosen because it’s an anagram of “Expands”.
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TIL that the orca star of Free Willy died of pneumonia a year after his own release IRL as a result of failure to adapt to the wild
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TIL of Arnold Rothstein, the most powerful of the Jewish gangsters, AKA The Brain. He was strongly believed to have fixed the 1919 World Series, and was the first to import scotch during Prohibition. He is believed to be the one who transformed disorganized crime into a business.
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TIL the Swastika represents 'Good Luck' and 'Well-being' and was even used in Western Culture before WW2
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TIL: During WW1 British officers had their coffins screwed shut while non-ranking soldiers had theirs nailed shut.