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TIL About an "Engineers ring" - a ring of stainless steel or iron worn on the pinky to represent being a certified engineer.

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pYrBe TIL that American Yellow Mustard was introduced in 1904 by George J. French as "cream salad mustard", and is made entirely with the less-piquant yellow mustard seeds and a high proportion of vinegar, it is a very mild prepared mustard colored bright yellow from the inclusion of turmeric powder.
l7D5r TIL the horse head in The Godfather was real, from a dog food factory. Director Coppola felt the prop looked fake, and the art director found a horse already set to be killed for dog food, so Coppola asked for the head. Actor John Marley wasn’t told it replaced the fake, so his screams were genuine.
l70lG TIL OJ Simpson wrote a book titled If I Did It after being found not guilty for the murder of his ex wife Nicole. After filing for bankruptcy a judge awarded all profits of the book to the family of his ex wife who promptly changed the cover to say I Did It with the if in tiny font.
kO5A1 TIL that around Christmas of 1987, Ronald Gene Simmons murdered 16 people, 14 of which included his family. Months prior to his spree, he instructed his children to dig trenches that he later used to place his family in after their deaths. He turned himself in and never appealed his death sentence.
X0n9E TIL that the Chattahoochee River that starts in Georgia is over 100 million years old, while the Hudson River in New York is only about 13 to 26 thousand years old.