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TIL of cascatelli, a new pasta shape invented in 2021 by podcaster Dan Pashman for maximum "sauceability", "forkability" and "toothsinkability"

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gx8X TIL in 1951 a 21 year old Clint Eastwood was a passenger aboard a Douglas AD-1 bomber that ran out of fuel and ditched off the coast of California. He escaped serious injury and swam 3 miles to shore.
Ra9l TIL Bruce Lee’s actual corpse appeared in his final movie, Game of Death. The footage used in the film, which includes close-up shots of the open casket in addition to a shot of his embalmed face, was taken from his funeral in real life.
a8g8b TIL that according to the regulations of Formula 1, each team is only allowed to use a maximum of 25 teraflops of double precision (64-bit) computing power for simulating the aerodynamics of their cars.
GZK1 TIL that several airline companies have or used to have policies where they refuse(d) to allow unaccompanied children to be seated next to adult males on their flights
R5Vjj TIL of Tuxedo Stan, a cat that ran for mayor of Halifax, Nova Scotia. He was eventually unable to run because of a lack of a birth certificate.