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TIL The K-25 Plant Cost 8.6 Billion Adjusted for Inflation

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xWW7 TIL Chef Boyardee was founded by restaurant owner Hector Boiardi in 1928. The idea originated when customers began asking Boiardi for his spaghetti sauce recipe. Ten years later he opened a factory and named his product “Boy-Ar-Dee” to help Americans pronounce his name correctly.
LQlwZ TIL that 150,000 people speak the native language of Corsican. Always thought they just speak French there.
OGMbg TIL: USS Fomalhaut was launched 25 January 1941 by Pennsylvania Shipyards, Inc., Beaumont, Tex., as Cape Lookout, a Type C1 ship cargo ship. The launch used 7,000 pounds of ripe bananas, which the US Maritime Commission found to be an "efficient substitute" for traditional launching grease.
8eNgX TIL Halle Berry personally accepted her Worst Actor Razzie for 'Catwoman,' humorously holding her 'Monster's Ball' Oscar in one hand and the Razzie in the other during her acceptance speech.
LQoxV TIL that almost 40% of the schizophrenics die from complications of cardiovascular disease which is seen to be increasingly associated