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TIL A man named John Harrison has a job tasting ice cream. He has tasted samples of over 200 million gallons of ice cream and his taste buds are insured for $1 million

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e0xrL TIL in 1916, German spies blew up a munitions depot at Black Tom Island in New Jersey, killing five people. The explosion was registered at 5.5 on the Richter scale—30 times more powerful than the World Trade Center collapse on 9/11. So loud that it shook buildings in five states as far as Maryland.
9YxOD TIL that in 193 AD, Rome's elite Praetorian Guard murdered the sitting Emperor and then auctioned off the role to the highest bidder.
5YZn TIL that in a new study, “Americans who rely on The Daily Show and Colbert Report know much more about current events than those who watch Fox News.”
J11PQ TIL that Norse Paganism is the fastest growing and largest non-Christian religion in Iceland
BxnD TIL there was a kid who killed his parents thinking they’d respawn