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TIL that before making “Team America,” Trey Parker and Matt Stone intended to make a shot-for-shot puppet parody of “The Day After Tomorrow.”

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vQ5K TIL Sushi doesn’t refer to the fish or the nori wrapping, but rather the vinegared rice, which is considered the most important component and backbone of sushi.
b9MQN TIL that there's actually no number spelled with the letter "a" before 1,000.
ANoxn TIL that 230 years ago The French Aerostatic Corps , was the world's first air unit founded in the early days of the French Revolutionary wars and helping in several important battles .
Lor0 TIL that the Queen of England’s portrait has been on enough international money to make a progressive timeline of her aging.
xVdbk TIL about “The Harris’s List”, a catalogue from the 1700’s of all the prostitutes in London during that period, where you could find any sex workers’ address, price, age, skills, and it would rate their performance and describe their appearance. It was published annually for decades