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TIL that in 1939, Maine Rep. Cleveland Sleeper introduced a bill to make it illegal to add tomatoes to clam chowder.

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0ddWN TIL that Rod Stewart had such terrible stage fright during his first concert in America that he hid behind the amplifiers while singing. It took a shot of brandy to get him out. Decades later, he set the record for playing at the largest free rock concert in history, in front of 3.5 million people.
LlJ9 TIL Count Dracula got his name from his father being in a secret knight order named “Order of the Dragon” whose job was to protect Christianity from Ottoman empire
j6EGE TIL Kung Fu Hustle by Stephen Chow is a parody of an old Chinese movie called The House of 72 Tenants (1958)
lJ5G TIL that there is a mysterious and unexplainable “space roar” that is louder than anything else measured in space.
6EMPQ TIL the chainsaw was invented to help during difficult childbirth; it would be used to cut away parts of the pelvis to make space for the baby.