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TIL movie popcorn costs more per ounce than filet mignon

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Mdr0 TIL America’s “big 4” rival pizza chains - Domino’s, Papa John’s, Pizza Hut, and Little Caesars - all but their cheese from the same man: James Leprino. He sells 1 billion pounds of cheese each year.
pY7M8 TIL of HDCP an attempt to encrypt HDMI cables to prevent privacy
gBA4 TIL that Keira Knightley played the role of Sabé, the handmaiden of Queen Amidala (Natalie Portman) in Star Wars: Episode 1. The two girls looked so alike in full makeup that even their own mothers had difficulty telling them apart on set.
XEbnQ TIL that Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi earns EGP 500,000 (currently equal to $31,500) annually, slightly less than the maximum wage for public sector employees - and he donates half of his salary to a public fund for economic and development projects
ADejw TIL the IRA tried to kill the UK Cabinet in 1991 by launching 3 mortar shells at 10 Downing Street from a specially modified Ford Transit van. One missed by 30 yards. Had any of the shells hit the target, it's likely the entire UK cabinet would have been killed