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TIL In 2001, Pizza Hut Delivered a Pizza to the International Space Station.

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0d8B1 TIL the Minnesota Twins moved to Minneapolis one year after the Minneapolis Lakers left for LA. The Twins used the name of the state because they didn't want to alienate potential fans in St. Paul. At first, they were to be named the Twin Cities Twins, but MLB objected to that name.
jZyj TIL that during the Korean War a ship designed to carry 12 passengers saved more than 14,000 refugees in a single mission.
awkW9 TIL A beggar was caught outside a mosque in Kuwait telling worshipers that he badly needed cash and that he had no home. Since it is illegal, he was arrested and police discovered he had over 500,000 Kuwaiti Dinars in his bank account (US$1,650,000)
Me4RW TIL that there are 34 different National Emergencies currently active in the USA. The longest-running one still in existence was declared in 1979.
R7AwQ TIL Chinese street vendors will often use a cheap 'cooking oil' called gutter oil. While it can be just recycled from normal sources, a major source is from fatbergs in sewers.