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TIL movie popcorn costs more per ounce than filet mignon

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b6lPN TIL the crawfish farming industry in Louisiana grew after rice farmers began breeding them in their rice fields. They realized that they could farm crawfish throughout the year without it affecting their rice. It also served as an extra source of income for them.
9ZWG TIL Ancient Egyptians domesticated the hyena and used it as a food source.
neVDo TIL Viking girls got hitched as young as 12 and had to mind the household while their husbands sailed off on adventures. Still, they had more freedom than other women of their era. Viking women could inherit property, request a divorce and reclaim their dowries if their marriages ended.
neRWG TIL: Men have nipples because embryos are always female in their early stages, and males only differentiate from the female after a few weeks
Y7vpZ TIL in 2013 the president of Finland Sauli Niinistö voluntarily took a 20 percent pay cut due to the country's difficult financial situation