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TIL that around the Pittsburgh and Cleveland areas during the depression, pork and veal offcuts were cheaper than chicken, leading to "city chicken" a breaded stick of pork and veal that was fried up like chicken.

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vPaLB TIL that Tesla once allowed a Boombox feature to be active while a car was driving. This allows drivers to play sounds like farts and goat noises outside the vehicle. However, it was forced to be disabled as the sounds could drown out pedestrian warning noises required in every electric/hybrid car.
jNpkp TIL that the two 'M's of M & M's represent the names of Forrest E. Mars Sr., the founder of Newark Company, and Bruce Murrie, son of Hershey Chocolate's president William F. R. Murrie, who had a 20 percent share in the product.
J1lBB TIL of Frederick Fleet who survived the sinking of the Titanic, WW1 and WW2, to die by suicide in 1965 at the age of 77.
oBbr7 TIL that the electricity-generating 'dynamos' on bikes are actually called magnetos because they output alternating current.
JYZa4 TIL that Tony Hawk Pro Skater 1+2 has a song call Confisco from Charlie Brown Junior made possible because the fans made a petition asking Activision. CBR is a locally famous brazilian band, the singer most know as Chorão was a big skate advocate, he passed 2013.