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TIL that it was Thomas Jefferson was a serious foodie, who introduced America to waffles, Mac and cheese, Parmesan, olive oil, and champagne.

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XPLD TIL that the crown of Romania is made from steel taken from a cannon captured during their war of independence from the Ottomans.
P5QZ TIL that Street Fighter II cost $69.99 in 1992; in 2013 dollars, that is $116.18
oRKGA TIL that the nomenclature for multiples of a thousand is different in the U.S. vs. the U.K. and the French. For example, a thousand times a thousand is a million in both. Times a thousand again becomes, in the U.S., a billion, whereas in the U.K. it becomes a thousand million, or milliard.
LQ66p TIL In 1994 the athlete Mauro Prosperi got lost in the Moroccan desert during a marathon, he survived by eating roots, hunting beetles,snakes and drinking his urine for 10 days
Bgayr TIL Giovanni da Pian del Carpine was the first European to enter the court of the Great Khan. At 63 years old Carpine road 3000 miles in 106 days (including lent when he ate only salt, millet, and water) to appear before Khan Güyük. When Carpine returned he was made the Primate of Serbia.