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TIL that hot dog buns originated because customers were not returning gloves loaned out by the concessionaire to handle the sausages

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prE8 TIL the remaining members of Monty Python sang “Always Look on the Bright Side of Life” at Graham Chapman’s funeral
16DYd TIL that in 1928, millionaire Howard Hughes set a bizarre rule for his staff: they had to handle everything he touched with tissues to avoid germs. Later in life, Hughes became so obsessed with cleanliness that he lived in sealed rooms, wore tissue boxes on his feet, and stored his urine in jars.
pYNXe TIL there are approximately 10,000 times more stars in the observable universe than grains of sand on planet earth
78G4M TIL some cheeses are ripened with live mites, which are then eaten along with the cheese
ADxAn TIL that 11 U.S. states have Privacy in their constitution. Alaska, Arizona, California, Florida, Hawaii, Illinois, Louisiana, Montana, New Hampshire, South Carolina and Washington, unlike the U.S. constitution.