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TIL Phyllis Smith from The Office was a NFL cheerleader and burlesque dancer.

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Wk54o TIL about the hidden genocide in West Papua happening since 1969, where over 500,000 natives have been killed. The presence of large gold and copper mines drive Indonesian interests there, who do not allow the presence of international journalists in West Papua.
4XZjo TIL the US Metric Association publishes a bi-monthly newsletter giving updates on converting the US to the metric system. It's been published since 1966.
PYPge TIL Epona was one of the only Celtic goddesses to be worshiped all around the Roman Empire (and not just the name of Link's horse)
4X5Mb TIL that, tired of teaspoons being stolen from the breakroom, a medical institute conducted a study on the rate of disappearance of the spoons. They concluded that "an estimated 250 teaspoons would need to be purchased annually to maintain a practical institute-wide population of 70 teaspoons"
b68ZN TIL Pizza Hut's Big New Yorker, one of their largest pizzas, was invented and launched by former president of Nintendo Reggie Fils-Aimé