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TIL So-called 'gut strings' for acoustic Spanish guitars were originally made from the small intestines of slaughtered sheep. The production material only changed - to nylon - during World War II, when all available gut was used in the production of surgical thread for wounded soldiers.

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oB5JE TIL Sushi pizza originates from Canada. Th dish was invented by Kaoru Ohsada while working at Nami Japanese Seafood Restaurant chef in Toronto. It uses a fried rice patty as the base and a variety of toppings drizzled with mayonnaise and wasabi powder. The dish is often served in wedges.
GYmg4 TIL that the former owner of Segway died after riding his Segway off a cliff and into a river.
D1RJr TIL Empty Fort Strategy strategy involves using reverse psychology to deceive the enemy into thinking that an empty location is full of traps and ambushes. In 195, warlord Cao Cao used it to make his opponent think there was an ambush, which bought him time to prepare a real ambush
EgKbo TIL: Supersisters was a set of 72 trading cards produced and distributed in the United States in 1979. They featured famous women from politics, media and entertainment, culture, sports, and other areas of achievement.
KYLXJ TIL in 1971 a group of activists broke into an FBI office in Delaware and got away with 1000 secret documents. The plan was to do the heist during "the match of the century" between Ali and Frazer, predicting that security would be glued to their tv's for the match, and thus distracted