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TIL "Save Me" by Aimee Mann is about Dave Foley (Kids In The Hall, NewsRadio)

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6EDMY TIL Sea Silk, one of the rarest fabrics in the world, is secreted by Pen Shell mollusks to attach themselves to rocks or the seafloor. When harvested from these mollusks and woven into thin fibers the silk is even lighter and smoother than conventional silk.
epaXn TIL Cornicione is the Italian word for the edge or rim of a pizza. The cornicione should be an airy, raised edge, that’s crunchy on the outside and light and soft on the inside, typically found on a Neapolitan pizza. The crust is the whole bread part of the pizza, not only the edge.
mgdP TIL it is estimated that the Mexico drug cartels makes $152 million a year from growing and selling avocados
OoaD4 TIL the worlds largest farm, Mudanjiang City Dairy Farm is located in China and covers an area of 22.5 million acres. This is the same size as Portugal.
neVDo TIL Viking girls got hitched as young as 12 and had to mind the household while their husbands sailed off on adventures. Still, they had more freedom than other women of their era. Viking women could inherit property, request a divorce and reclaim their dowries if their marriages ended.