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TIL that the speculated inventor of Tiramisu “does not have the time or the energy” to prove it, and claims it is “just a desert”. He currently runs a small family restaurant in Little Italy, Baltimore. MD

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R0o6 TIL: If you write your alphabet letters in a single stroke (without lifting your pen), you’re infringing on Xerox’s patented unistroke alphabet. They have won lawsuits over it in the past.
ERA7 TIL a store refused to decorate a 3 yr old child’s cake with “Happy Birthday Adolf Hitler!” The public attention from his father’s outrage at this refusal expedited his removal from the home. The father no longer has custody of any of his 9 children due to “instability” and lack of court compliance.
16mD TIL the inspiration for Sonic the Hedgehog came from an unlikely mix of Michael Jackson, Santa Claus and Bill Clinton
lLXV TIL Taylor Swift once accidentally released 8 seconds of white noise and topped the Canadian iTunes charts
yQNvX TIL The Man Who Inspired Father’s Day Was a Single Dad and a Civil War Vet