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TIL when "Sleepless in Seattle" opened in 1993, TriStar Pictures got an average of 25-30 calls a day from viewers demanding to know about Tom Hanks' tiramisu reference. When told it was just food; a lot of the callers didn't believe it, others sounded a little disappointed & some just went 'no way.'

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GYnWN TIL That pencils never actually contained lead, people just called it that cause they thought graphite was a type of lead.
4kdMa TIL about the Great Canadian Maple Syrup Heist, the biggest heist (with inflation accounted for) in Canadian history was almost 3,000 tons of maple syrup and took place over several months in 2011 and 2012.
NXjXb TIL in the weeks leading up to D-Day, due to the enormous stress he was under, General Dwight D. Eisenhower was smoking six packs of cigarettes, drinking 24 cups of coffee, and averaging two hours of sleep every day
W74ON TIL about Operation Snow White, a criminal conspiracy by the Church of Scientology during the 1970s to purge unfavorable records about Scientology and its founder, L. Ron Hubbard. It included a infiltrations and thefts from 136 government agencies, foreign embassies and consulates.
0eDN TIL that a fourteen year old paper boy collecting money for delivering was given a nickel as payment. When he felt that the nickel was lighter than usual, he dropped it and the nickel opened, revealed a series of numbers. The FBI linked the coin to a Russian spy who was then jailed for 45 years.