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TIL the grandson of the last king of Italy and main claimant of the Italian throne works in a food truck in LA

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QJpdE TIL of the Guangxi Massacre in China, where local Communist Party offices sponsored mass cannibalism to promote political factions. Up to 150,000 people died, some bodies were retained as after-dinner snacks, and there was even a social hierarchy created of who was allowed to eat which body parts.
ApZn TIL Austin Russell, AKA “Chumlee” from Pawn Stars, receives $25,000 per episode and has a net worth of $600,000.
vPbL4 TIL that Enzo Ferrari chose not to get too close to his drivers, out of fear of emotionally hurting himself, after the death of Ferrari driver Alberto Ascari in 1955. Later in life, he relented his position and grew very close to Gilles Villeneuve, who would also die driving a Ferrari in 1982
kO0xg TIL Goodhart's Law, the principle that when a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure. For example, when a government tries to bring down unemployment figures to demonstrate how well the economy is doing, unemployment figures stop being a good measure of the economy.
6EGQ7 TIL that in the past 100 years, parts of Houston have sunk by up to 12 feet due to aquifer depletion. This subsidence messes with drainage channels and makes the city prone to flooding.