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TIL: If you apply an electric current to a pickle it will glow in the dark

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o7lo TIL that in the show It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, the waitress that Charlie has an obsessive crush on is his actual wife in real life. They got married after the first season.
VMmW0 TIL that the beloved British dish of fish&chips was the result of Portugeuse Jews fleeing the Inquisition and bringing their fried fish dish and potatoes losing their bad reputation as gross and poisonous, becoming a European staple.
7rMrX TIL that the famous novel Moby Dick was inspired from the Essex tragedy where a sperm whale attacked and sunk the 20 man American whaler
v1ev8 TIL of Brigadier General Edward Lansdale, who in post WWII Philippines used the natives’ belief in vampires and ghosts his psychological warfare campaign. His men were instructed to abduct enemy stragglers, kill them, puncture their necks twice, and then bleed the corpses out. Edited for grammar
nWoWd TIL that in 2007 to promote the release of Susan Boyle’s new album her team shared the hashtag #susanalbumparty. It’s should have read #SusanAlbumParty.