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Til that most olive oil is real and California olive oil manufacturers made up the study about the Mafia and fake olive oil in Italy.

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4XRGJ TIL that interracial marriage was technically illegal in Alabama until 2000 (although unenforceable due to Loving v Virginia). In the 2000 referendum, only 59% of people voted in favour of removing these anti-miscegenation clauses from the state constitution
R5gY6 TIL people with ALS or Lou Gehrig disease are disproportionately nice and pleasant, in addition to slowly losing all motor function, with makes doctors think it may also affect the frontal lobe.
jBVj TIL that Pizza Hut’s Stuffed Crust Pizza, McDonald’s McGriddles and Dollar Menu, and the Smashburger restaurant chain were all developed by the same guy
YLa7 TIL When asked about his sex life during an interview, Marlon Brando said, “Like a large number of men, I, too, have had homosexual experiences and I am not ashamed. But if there is someone who is convinced that Jack Nicholson and I are lovers, may they continue to do so. I find it amusing.”
ZE1o TIL Byzantine Emperor Justin I was born a peasant and a swineherd, but rose through the ranks of the army and ultimately became its emperor, in spite of the fact he was illiterate.