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TIL that Black Tie is the second most formal dress code.
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TIL the first can opener was patented 160 years ago, on January 5, 1858, fifty years after the can was invented. Prior to its invention, people used hammers and chisels to open cans.
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TIL when Yuri Gagarin was a child, he and his family had to live in a 10ft x 10ft mud hut for 21 months after Nazis occupied their farm and home. He later grew up to become the first human in space.
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TIL The national anthem of Italy mentiones Poland and the national anthem of Poland mentions Italy, both in a positive way.
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TIL everyone in the Jetsons was white - there was not a single person of colour shown in any of the 75 episodes
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TIL: That on 9/11, after the first plane hit the North Tower of the WTC, people in the South Tower wanted to leave but were advised by a announcement to stay at their desks. Some of those who tried to leave anyway were turned back by security in the building before the exits. 1,120 died.