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TIL that hotels must implement a limited menu, or ‘meal caps’, when hosting events for pharmaceutical companies so that doctors don’t get wined and dined with expensive food

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oBLeK TIL Saccorhytus coronarius, a 535-million year old sea creature, is also the earliest known ancestor of humans.
gxDX TIL Paulownia is also known as the “princess tree” because it was once customary to plant a Paulownia tree when a baby girl was born, and then to make it into a dresser as a wedding present when she married.
6gBw TIL that the heads of suicide bombers are usually left intact, even though the rest of the body is blown to bits.
4mjN TIL that Pablo Picasso was questioned as a suspect when Mona Lisa was stolen in 1911.
v1Bmr TIL that Mississippi is the only state to allow drivers to drink alcohol while operating a motor vehicle. It is permitted as long as the driver's blood alcohol content stays below the state’s legal limit of 0.08%.