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TIL that on the first season of the US Kitchen Nightmares, every restaurant but two closed, including one where the chef committed suicide

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PYPxJ TIL that former Prime Minister of Norway Jens Stoltenberg once went incognito as a taxi-driver in Oslo because he wanted to "hear from real Norwegian voters and that taxis were one of the few places where people shared their true views."
69A9Q TIL that during World War II, publication of the Michelin Guide was suspended. In 1944, at the request of the Allied Forces, the 1939 guide to France was specially reprinted for military use; its maps were judged the best and most up-to-date available.
OGxER TIL that in 1981, the magazine Locus butchered the title of Gene Wolfe's next novel "The Citadel of the Autarch" and announced that it would be titled "The Castle of the Otter". Wolfe found the mistake so funny he actually published a book titled "The Castle of the Otter" the following year.
NOrJ TIL: The word Jealousy is often misused: Jealousy means not wanting other people to have what you have. Envy means wanting what others have.
BreMk TIL Houston police officers are no longer allowed to use Whataburger number tents as crime scene markers