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TIL that the 1984 Summer Olympics, which took place in Los Angeles, made a profit

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p4Xe TIL that every Chili’s restaurant has one upside down picture and if you mention it, you will receive a free appetizer.
P14mJ TIL that the inventor of Pringles, Fred Baur, was so proud of his creation that he requested to be buried in a Pringles can. His family honored his wish, and part of his ashes are in an Original flavor can.
4XXdo TIL in 2007, a 73-year-old man underwent surgery and suffered "anesthesia awareness" -- a condition where the patient is conscious and feels pain but is paralyzed and cannot alert the surgeon. The man's resulting PTSD led him to suicide, prompting a lawsuit against the anesthesiologists.
v1V78 TIL an eagle stole a rabbit from a fox, carrying both into the air as the fox fought to hold onto his meal. The mid-flight tug of war over the rabbit was caught on tape by wildlife photographer Kevin Ebi in Washington State's San Juan Island National Historical Park.
x6oy0 TIL I learned that Mussolini loved to eat bowls of raw garlic, to the point his wife couldn’t sleep next to him at night