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TIL Neapolitan ice cream was invented in Prussia, not Italy

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XEERD It depends on how big your coffin is.
neXl9 TIL The title character of Edward Bulwer-Lytton‘s 1828 novel Pelham, dandy aristocrat Henry Pelham, wore only black evening wear. The novel’s popularity resulted in black becoming the real life standard color for men’s evening formal wear, which it still is nearly 200 years later.
yQBmJ TIL that there’s a roundabout in Mashpee, MA that locals call the “Fruit Loop” because there are banana peels thrown in the middle just about every day.
OGa0g TIL there is a type of hungarian food called 'Hitlerszalonna' ... is it Kosher tho?
OP8Y TIL that the musicians in Pink Floyd did not do drugs while recording their influential albums, and founding member Roger Waters has “no idea” why their music is associated with drug culture.