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TIL that Vincent Price was not only an actor and art historian, but also a gourmet chef, and he released not one, not two, but four cookbooks during his lifetime! Price also recorded a number of audio cooking tutorials titled "International Cooking Course."

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e8m6 TIL that an illegally corked bat was confiscated during the 1st inning of a 1994 Indians vs White Sox game and stored in the umpire’s room for later examination. A teammate crawled 30 feet through the stadium ductwork and swapped out the bat, and an investigation led by a former FBI agent ensued.
yV8mJ TIL about Rat Kings, a collection of rats that have their tails intertwined, and they can not be separated. A similar thing has been observed with squirrels.
QYlM TIL when Han Solo said he did the Kessel Run in 12 parsecs he was not trying to describe how fast his ship was going. Instead he was bragging that he had done a shorter route of the Kessel Run. He did this by going closer to a black hole than most dared to go.
OQw1 TIL According to greek mythology, humans were originally created with 4 arms, 4 legs and a head with two faces. Fearing their power, zeus split them into two separate parts, condemning them to spend their lives in search of their other halves.
pYQxO TIL there is a lunisolar calendar in Scotland which is over 10000 years old. It includes 12 pits believed to correlate with phases of the Moon. It is considered to be the oldest lunisolar calendar yet found anywhere on Earth