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TIL you're not supposed to dispose of coffee grounds, egg shells, potato skins, pasta, & rice in a garbage disposal. Had no idea.

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4XKBo TIL The film E.T. was shown at the United Nations (1982) and Spielberg received a UN Peace Prize. Princess Diana was reportedly moved to tears by the film.
AANd TIL there is a custom in Naples called Caffè Sospeso where someone who had experienced good luck would order a sospeso, paying the price of two coffees but receiving and consuming only one. A poor person enquiring later whether there was a sospeso available would then be served a coffee for free.
opPW TIL that DARPA has created a drug that eliminates sleepiness. When tested on monkeys with sleep deprivation, the drug made them cognitively alert as well-rested monkeys. With no apparent side affects.
Eg4oX TIL That the long term leader of East Germany, Erich Honecker, despite being a driving force behind the construction of the Berlin Wall and the order to shoot anyone attempting to flee to the West never served any prison time for his crimes.
p8VnQ TIL that Samuel L. Jackson heard someone repeating his Ezekiel 25:17 speech to him, he turned to discover it was Marlon Brando who gave him his number. When Jackson called, it was a Chinese restaurant. But when he asked for Brando, he picked up. It was Brando's way of screening calls.