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TIL Spaghetto is what you call a single strand of spaghetti.

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xW6B TIL United Airlines failed to provide a wheelchair to a passenger with cerebral palsy; he had to crawl off the plane.
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0X4j TIL President Jimmy Carter was lowered into a nuclear reactor during a partial meltdown to disassemble the reactor. He could only stay in the reactor for seconds at a time because of radiation exposure.
neEw9 TIL James Scott was convicted of causing the 'Great Mississippi Flood of 1993', the most costly flood in US history. His friend told authorities that Scott broke the levee to strand his wife on the other side of the river, so Scott could drink and have an affair
N5PM TIL the background noise you hear in cellphone conversations is actually generated by your mobile provider to ensure you that the person on the other end didn’t hang up on you.