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TIL that Canada eats the most macaroni & cheese out of any nation in the world

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YANd TIL that the boxing announcer who came up with that catchphrase “let’s get ready to rumble” trademarked the phrase and has made more than $400 million by licensing it.
Brpjr TIL there was a black samurai who served under the daimyō Oda Nobunaga who praised him for his strength and was given his own residence and a short, ceremonial katana by Nobunaga. When they first met, Nobunaga suspected his skin was covered in ink and had his skin scrubbed.
VoQ4 TIL in the medieval times animals could go to trial. In 1457 a sow and six piglets were charged for killing a 5 year old boy. The mom was deemed guilty, the piglets’ role, however, was ambiguous. Although splattered with blood, they were never seen directly attacking the boy.
l78r1 TIL The Assyrians had basic lens technology. One of their creations, the Nimrud lens, dates to 710 BCE, though its purpose is debated. Lenses could have been used to start fires, as decoration, or astronomy tools (with references to the snakes of saturn being the rings or mythology)
VMyeG TIL that Anorexia has the highest death rate of all mental disorders