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TIL A bill was introduced in Maine to outlaw tomatoes in clam chowder

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YWe7 TIL the the $100 million in famine relief raised by Live Aid in 1985, was used to buy weapons and crush the opposition in Ethiopia’s civil war
4kM6w TIL An aboriginal man with a tomahawk was the first Australian to capture a Japanese POW during WWII. He snuck up to a downed pilot and took him to the military base on a neighboring island.
QeOp TIL During Hugh Laurie’s audition for House MD, David Shore says that Bryan Singer, one of the executive producers, said, “See, this is what I want: an American guy.” Singer was completely unaware of the fact that Laurie is English.
nl6Y TIL the 1998 sci-fi film “Lost in Space” is referred to by some as “the Iceberg” because it ended Titanic’s 15-week run as number one at the box office
KYOeJ TIL- Italians in Trieste drink an average of 4 espressos per day