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TIL that Kool-Aid is the official state beverage of Nebraska.

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XEnNr TIL about a Hungarian soldier named Paul Kern who stayed awake for 40 years after being shot in the head during World War I. Doctors encountering his condition were always skeptical, but Kern traveled far and wide, allowing anyone who wanted to examine him to do so. He died in 1955.
7bmr TIL an airline pilot ordered 30 pizzas for his passengers, after finding out they would be delayed 2 hours for weather. The pizzas were delivered within 30 minutes by Domino’s and were cleared by security and sent directly to the plane in an official airport vehicle.
xVQK5 TIL historically, pleats (folds in a chef's hat) represented how many recipes a chef knew. A chef with 100 pleats may know 100 different ways to boil an egg or prepare a chicken.
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