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b9vd7 Nero, Stalin and Bin Laden were all fans, but what makes verse so appealing to these leaders? Benjamin Ramm explores the connection between ruthlessness and sentimentality.
e0jGb TIL: The “Panera Bread” name does not exist in St. Louis. There it is still called by its original name - the St. Louis Bread Co.
Bgxnb TIL that Salisbury Steak originated in the United States, as a meal to fit the tastes of European immigrants, named after Dr. James Salisbury, who promoted a meat-centered diet to promote health. The term Salisbury Steak has been used to identify a ground beef patty as the main course since 1897.
QNPEX TIL in South Korea, there is a difference between ramen and ramyun, with ramen referring exclusively to Japanese noodles served fresh at restaurants and ramyun referring to Korean-style instant noodles served with boiling water
6Ly8 TIL that the founder of the modern frozen food industry, Clarence Birdseye, was inspired when ice fishing in Labrador, Canada, in -40°C weather. He discovered that the fish he caught froze almost instantly and tasted fresh afterwards unlike the slowly frozen seafood sold in New York.