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TIL that the food SPAM is a mix of "Spice" and "Ham", despite the fact that neither of those ingredients are included in SPAM

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awrlZ TIL of Stephen Wiltshire, an autistic British artist who can draw a landscape from memory after seeing it just once. He can draw entire cities from memory, after just a single, short, helicopter ride. When he drew Rome, he drew the exact number of columns in the Pantheon
Eg8Jo TIL neanderthals are a different species from humans, but traces of neanderthal DNA means the species may have interbred
GAQPN TIL that during the second Rocky Marciano Vs Ezzard Charles boxing match, Charles split Marciano’s nose in half and the fight would have soon be stopped had Marciano not managed a KO of Charles.
9wr8r TIL about Project 2025 a conservative document that outlines the potential changes they would like to make if the republicans take the white house in 2024.
9Y8wB TIL that beer mugs are not called "steins" in Germany. "Stein" is the German word for "stone." The English word "stein" probably comes from the German word "Steinzeug" which means "stoneware"—the type of pottery that cheap beer mugs are often made of.