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TIL that the recipe "Engagement chicken" got its name after Kathy Suder and later several of her co-workers received engagement proposals after serving it to their boyfriends.

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8a1kZ TIL about Pizarro’s invasion of Cusco in 1533 "The capital of the Incas astonished them. The delicacy of the stone work excelled that of the Spaniards. The great temple dedicated to the Sun was studded with gold plates. The troops lost no time in plundering them of their contents"
Vg6Q TIL that because metal was scarce, the Oscars given out during World War II were made of wood.
Brw0y TIL there was once a flying reptile the size of a giraffe. Its weight is estimated to range from 70 to 250 kgs. Its wingspan was over 10 m.
0wWQp TIL George Clooney Uses Nespresso Commercial Money for Satellite to Spy on Sudan Dictator
GAXLE TIL that in the early 1960s, Texas AM radio station KXOL in Fort Worth had among its staff future comedian George Carlin, future CBS reporter Bob Schieffer, and future Price is Right announcer Rod Roddy.