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TIL that a Chef's hat traditionally has 100 folds. This is said to represent the number of different ways a chef knows how to cook eggs

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abQ9 TIL President James K. Polk is nicknamed by some historians “the least known consequential president.” He promised to serve just one term, and he achieved ALL of the agenda he set at the beginning of his term.
lo0VK TIL the song in the credits of Parasite was originally titled "564" years, because that's how long it would take for Ki-Woo to save enough money to buy the house. So when he tells his dad all he has to do is come up the stairs, we all know that's impossible.
kOlgE TIL that Drew Barrymore comes from an acting family that has famous actors dating back to the late 1800's
69Y7J TIL Ugandan pygmies were evicted from Bwindi impenetrable rain forests so that mountain gorillas could stay there peacefully. People ate fruits and root food in the forests but now they are being enjoyed by mountain gorillas as the Batwa starve
xVZ91 TIL that on the island of Melanesia, natives there reenact US military parades and made a fake runway with fake airplanes to pray for the return of a US soldier by the name of John Frum so that he could bring them cargo filled with industrial blessings such as medicine, guns, and canned goods.