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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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6Eljw TIL in several countries around the world, it is common practice to rent professional mourners when a prominent person dies. These hired mourners are also known as mutes or moirologists.
kOeRg TIL that MTV refused to play "Billie Jean" and had never played any other video by Jackson or a black artist. Only after CBS Records president threatened to pull every video clip from his company and expose the racial discrimination MTV relented.
pMQA TIL The Easter Bunny originated among German Lutherans in 1682 and originally played the role of a judge, evaluating whether children were good or disobedient in behavior at the start of the season of Eastertide. He then would proceed with bringing colored eggs for the children.
MeE10 TIL about Zhang Yongming, a serial killer in China. After killing some of his eleven victims he butchered them and sold their flesh at markets calling it "Ostrich meat."
4rAJ TIL that a porn star was elected to the Italian Parliament in 1987. During office, she offered to have sex with Saddam Hussein in return for peace in the region.