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TIL: National Pizza Month observance began in October 1984, and was created by Gerry Durnell, the publisher of Pizza Today magazine.

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DQa8e TIL the 'Puckle Gun', considered to be one of the first machine guns (1718), had a specialized square shaped bullet to be used against Turks as a means to "convince the Turks of the benefits of Christian civilization".
b6YeE TIL A Utah man walked into a bank and handed the teller a note reading "Please pardon me for doing this but this is a robbery. Please give me $1. Thank you." After receiving the $1 and being asked to leave, he sat in the lobby and awaited police to arrive.
kgOW TIL of Godwin’s law. It states “As an online discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving Nazis or Hitler approaches one”.
9Wy7 TIL airlines that use U.S. controlled airspace must pay $0.49 per mile to fly over land and $0.20 per mile to fly over the ocean. Fees are waived if flight takes off or lands in the U.S.
m146E TIL during WWII, the Smithsonian invented new Fish names that were easy to pronounce, so the Navy could name Submarines after them.