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TIL Olive Garden trains their staff in the art of “hospitaliano”, their made-up Italian word for hospitality

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ANEQx TIL at least 119 Native Hawaiians and Hawaii-born Americans fought on both sides in the American Civil War. The Kingdom of Hawaii was its own independent country at the time.
ne1Gb TIL gorillas only have type B blood.
6ElKW TIL that the invention of barbed wire started many disputes, and eventually led to a concentration of power in the hands of the land owners. The wealthy ranchers started fencing their land and individuals with livestock but no land had nowhere for their livestock.
xL4g TIL Andy Warhol was close friends John Lennon and Yoko Ono for years and obscure photos were taken of the three together. They were so close, that Yoko spoke at Andy’s funeral in 1987.
KOkKB TIL of Rumwold of Buckingham, who in 662 purportedly made a profession of Christian faith, requested baptism, delivered a sermon on the Holy Trinity, and died - at three days old.