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TIL that the San Francisco Fog has a twitter account and its name is Karl

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R5Yo8 TIL corned beef and cabbage isn’t a traditional Irish dish. The real meal is bacon and cabbage, but Irish immigrants in the US substituted more readily available corned beef.
j6jKQ TIL that the Eurovision Song Contest 1969 had 4 winners: France, Netherlands, Spain and UK
NXG0Q TIL of Provo Wallis a Canadian who helped capture the US warship the Chesapeake, during The War of 1812. Wallis served in the Royal Navy from the age of 4 until he died aged 100, having seen 96 years of duty.
R7aaw TIL In 1967, Kathrine Switzer was the first woman to run the Boston marathon with an official number. After realizing that a woman was running, race organizer Jock Semple went after her trying to stop. The photographs taken of the incident made world headlines.
R5M1l TIL that can-openers are supposed to lay on the top of the can and cut through the side lip of the top, leaving a smooth edge with no risk of cutting your finger or jamming the opener.