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TIL outside of the US and (English speaking) Canada, the word entree refers to the food served before the main meal

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wodA1 TIL Marc Rebillet sold his his spot in line to buy an iPhone for $800 back to a lady who wanted to buy all the iPhone in the store. This was in the 2000's.
neBvd TIL that the reason the US offers a lower max octane rating fuel (91AKI or 95RON) at petrol stations in some states, is due to the higher altitude, meaning that there is less available oxygen for combustion, and therefore a decreased chance of knocking with lower octane rated fuels.
8epoP TIL in 1913 factory manager Leo Frank was convicted of the murder of Mary Phagan based largely on the testimony of janitor Jim Conley, who said Frank paid him to dispose of the body. Frank was lynched by an angry mob. Later investigation strongly suggests that Conley was the real killer all along.
Z8y0v TIL an endangered parrot in New Zealand was only mating with people's heads, so they made an "ejaculation helmet" for people to wear which would collect the bird's rare semen
QlkX TIL The largest claymore sword on record measured 7 feet 6 inches (2.24 m) and weighed 23 pounds (10 kg). It was wielded by a 15th-century Scottish giant.