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TIL that the Portuguese custard tarts Pastel De Nata's were created by Catholic Monks to help support their monasteries

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BEKd TIL that fourteen years after Wild Bill Hickok’s death, in 1900, an aging Calamity Jane arranged to be photographed next to his overgrown burial site. Elderly, thin and poor, her clothes were ragged and held together with safety pins.
j9Jp TIL that Salvador Dali was also known to avoid paying tabs at restaurants by drawing on the checks he wrote as he had a theory that the restaurant would never want to cash such a valuable piece of art.
OoPGR TIL that to punish tree thieves who cut down trees illegally, some cities spray trees with fox urine around Christmas time. It freezes on them and is odorless outdoors, but would stink up your whole house if brought indoors; the smell is "eye-watering."
neOlG TIL of Motts Tonelli, a Notre Dame fullback who ran in the winning TD against USC in 1937. 5 years later in 1942 he had his class ring confiscated during the Bataan Death March. A Japanese officer returned his ring, telling Tonelli that he was US-educated and recognized him from his time at USC.
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