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TIL that masturbation was a capital crime in the Puritan colony of New Haven, Connecticut

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e0a7L TIL that a town in Nevada repels a semi-annual cricket invasion by blasting Led Zeppelin and The Rolling Stones. They were inspired by a story from the 1930s where a woman drove off crickets by using a Chinese gong, then tried rock music with her neighbours
QJrQk TIL David Wallerstein originated the notion of ‘Supersizing’ in 1967. Theater patrons were reluctant to order a second portion of popcorn for fear of appearing gluttonous. So he created an extra-large portion for less than the cost of two singles. Later hired by McD's he sold Ray Kroc on the idea
5VKZD TIL the piece of paper on top of a Hershey kiss is called a niggly wiggly
5YEp9 TIL UNESCO’s World Heritage Convention was created to preserve the Temple of Abu Simbel in Egypt. After the Nasser Dam was built, the temple was briefly submerged underwater and a large effort was undertaken to relocate the mountain it was carved on and rebuild the temple piece by piece.
OGXXL TIL that on July 13, 1854, the U.S. Navy bombarded and destroyed the Nicaraguan town of Greytown without a single American casualty, in retaliation for insults against an American diplomat and a shipping dispute.