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TIL The German word for "panic buying" is "Hamsterkauf."

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78arP TIL Chicken Parmesan is not an Italian dish, it was invented in America by Italian immigrants and the first published recipe was in a NY newspaper in 1953. The dish became wildly popular in Australia where its served with salad and fries, although they hotly debate if the fries go under the chicken
epd1D TIL I learned that The Gambia uses marbles instead of paper ballots for elections
oRdR7 TIL Jimmy Carter’s father, brother, and two sisters all died of pancreatic cancer at relatively young ages. (Seen in this article about his brother Billy)
MepaB TIL people can genuinely lie without knowing it due to ‘Confabulation’: the production or creation of false memories without the intent to deceive, sometimes called "honest lying."
JDeQ TIL When Indian reservations started to earn big money from casinos, they began expelling their own members by the thousands to increase the payout for those who remained.