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TIL that Earth And Venus Form a Stunning Pentagrammic Pattern in Space

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yQnjp TIL Delivery apps charge the restaurants 15~30% of the order in commissions on top of the flat fee that they take from customers
N7mRe TIL the eagle on US currency has a name. It’s Peter, and he lived at the mint in Philadelphia. After he died he was stuffed and he still hangs at the entrance.
jYJa TIL that Mark Knopfler of Dire Straits wrote the song “Money for Nothing” while shopping in an appliance store and overhearing an employee bitch about MTV
GAQ15 TIL that roast beef is so synonymous with England and its cooking methods from the 18th century that a French nickname for the English is "les Rosbifs".
7rXRM TIL that Peter Billingsley, the actor behind the iconic role of Ralphie in “A Christmas Story,” also appears in the Christmas movie classic “Elf.”