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TIL the man who invented the chiffon cake was named Baker

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0ddLv TIL in Icelandic folklore there's a creature, called a "Tilberi". A sorceress makes it by combining a dead man’s rib and wool between her legs, and watering it with sanctified wine from three Sunday communions. When it grows, the Tilberi sucks blood from a special nipple on the inside of her thighs.
l7XWG TIL that as President-Elect, US Pres. James Buchanan improperly wrote to a Supreme Court justice asking him to vote pro-slavery in the Dred Scott case. The court would rule 7-2 that Scott was a possession, not a person, and denied his petition for freedom
KY6nE TIL that during a meeting between Grover Cleveland and James Roosevelt, Cleveland said to Roosevelt's accompanying son, Franklin, “My little man, I am making a strange wish for you; that you may never be president of the United States.” The young Franklin Roosevelt became President 45 years later.
KYN4w TIL the Shirahige-Higashi Firewall Apartment Complex is an 18-block apartment complex that was built to act as massive firewall that will protect the citizens of Sumida ward in case of a massive earthquake and/or fire. It features massive rolling steel shutters and multiple water cannons.
6Z8W TIL Mordor is an actual place, a red spot on one of Pluto’s moons.