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TIL Quarantine was first invented in Venice.

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QJk6M TIL that there is a statue of Jason Vorhees chained under the Crystal Lake located in Cosby, Minnesota
9YE1M TIL Regis Philbin holds the Guinness World Record for clocking more hours in front of a television camera than anyone else in the history of television
WkW8 TIL NASA has an Office of Planetary Protection, in case we DO find life on other planets.
6Eepl TIL of the World's Biggest Liar event, an annual competition for telling lies held in Cumbria, England. Competitors have five minutes to tell the most convincing lie they can, and politicians and lawyers are banned because "they are judged to be too skilled at telling porkies."
pY4J8 TIL the shape of a Pringle is called a Hyperbolic Parabaloid! The saddle shape allowed for easier stacking of chips. This also minimized the possibility of broken chips during transport.