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TIL there is an Airport in Italy that will let you bring 500g of liquid on a plane, so long as it is Pesto.

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mwlO TIL shortly after a woman made up a fake Facebook profile to speak with her troubled 19yo niece, the niece asked the fictional boy to murder her Aunt, her Aunt’s fiance, her cousin, and the family dog
ybDp TIL only 345 American deaths in the Spanish-American War were due to combat, 88% of all American deaths were due to disease. More than 62,000 people died from disease over the course of the war.
8egJX TIL 20th Century Fox released Miracle on 34th Street (1947) in June, reasoning more people went to the movies in hot weather. As such, Christmas themes were downplayed in ads and the trailer starred actors who weren't even in the film extolling its virtues while not mentioning the holiday setting.
v1GN8 TIL about William R. King, who was the 13th Vice President. He died of tuberculosis after only 6 weeks in office. He was also likely President Buchanan’s same sex partner.
JYxpl TIL - Mozart has a pet starling (bird) which could sing part of his piano concerto in G Major. He had bought it from a shop after hearing it sing a phrase from a work he wrote six weeks previously, which had not yet been performed in public