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TIL despite being famous on TV for his quick temper and frequent swearing, a 2005 interview revealed that Gordon Ramsay retained 85% of his staff since 1993.

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lojBG TIL vegetarianism is such an old concept that up until 1850, vegetarians were called Pythagorean because the cult of Pythagoras was entirely vegetarian
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nWX99 TIL that cephalopods like octopus and squids possess a hard beak, shaped much like a parrot but turned upside down
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