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TIL Chi-Chi's caused the largest hepatitis A outbreak in U.S. history

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LklxV TIL: The release of a new Harry Potter book had such an impact that researchers in Oxford found that the admission rate of children with traumatic injuries to the city's emergency rooms plummeted on the publication weekends of both Order of the Phoenix and Half-Blood Prince.
4kKrR today i learned: green olives don’t have a bright red center, those are pimento’s stuffed in them. i am way to old to have just learned this…
LyRV TIL that ‘Zippo’ will repair any pocket lighter made by themselves, whether it be 1 year old or 100, for free.
KO7E4 TIL the 1979 disco hit "Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now" almost became the national anthem of Sierra Leone after a 1992 coup.
ARAg TIL Brian May, the guitarist from queen, has a PhD in astrophysics and has co-authored 3 research papers