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TIL the 100 folds in a chef's hat represent 100 ways to cook an egg.

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ADn67 TIL of "Maplewashing", which is a tendency of Canadian institutions to present Canada as a morally superior place
0w6Nj TIL about Lou Pearlman, a music producer and con man who managed both the Backstreet Boys and NSYNC, defrauding both bands out of millions. He went on to run one of the biggest Ponzi schemes in history, leaving more than $300 million in debts to investors
J1bn8 TIL that in 2012 a movie theater in Beirut was raided for homosexual pornography and 36 men were subjected to anal examinations to determine their sexual orientation.
nWB9Y TIL about Đorđe Martinović a Serb farmer from Kosovo who was at the center of a notorious incident in May 1985, when he was treated for injuries caused by the insertion of a bottle into his anus. The Martinović affair, as it became known, turned into a cause célèbre in Yugoslav politics.
GAgZJ TIL that on May 19, 1998 L0pht Heavy Industries testified before the US Senate that they could take down the internet in 30 minutes with just a few packets.