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TIL Philly Cheesesteak's origins were two brothers creating lunch for themselves

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9wvn7 TIL that the real fiddle that belonged to Charles "Pa" Ingalls, made famous from the "Little House on the Prairie" books and series, was bequeathed to Laura Ingalls Wilder and is now on display at a museum devoted to her and her books. It is still maintained and played at museum events.
9YGj6 TIL about “ultraconserved” words, which are 23 words that have been mostly unchanged over 15,000 years and are currently in use in many languages today
xRy0 TIL The Rock used tequila to get his voice ready before singing in Moana
rRWBy TIL that two out of three French Canadians are descended from just 800 women, the so-called "Filles du Roi" [Daughters of the King], who were mostly poor women, many of them orphans, imported into New France between 1663 and 1673.
6l0w TIL Mexico just opened its first public veterinary hospital where they treat for free an average of 250 animals a day.