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TIL that during the London 2012 Olympics opening ceremony, NBC cut out the tribute to the London 7/7 bombing victims

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KY8j6 [TIL] Sushi, or vinegared rice, was initially used as a preservative for a dish called narezushi (馴れ寿司). The fermented rice was packed around raw salted fish, which in turn fermented and preserved the fish for months. Once the fish was consumed, the rice was thrown away.
JY9JQ TIL: Pythagoras invented a Greedy Cup for his students to share the wine equally. If somebody was greedy, The cup was designed in a way that it would spill the wine all over the person.
bQ1j TIL the deepest hole ever dug was only .002% of the way to the center of the earth
epO55 TIL Bob Seger’s only #1 single is “Shakedown” on the Beverly Hills Cop II soundtrack
4Wa5 TIL that lemmings committing mass suicide is a myth that was perpetuated by Disney knowingly