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TIL that the Japanese dish Oyakodon, made with chicken and eggs, translates to “Parent and child rice bowl”

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ZNjY TIL that Metallica owns the rights to the 1971 anti-war film “Johnny Got His Gun.” They bought them because they got tired of paying royalties every time the music video for their song “One” (which uses clips from the film) played.
nWXnG TIL that over 2,000 years ago the Greek astronomer Eratosthenes estimated the Earth’s circumference to be equivalent to 26,000 miles, a 5% error. He did this based on the Sun shining down wells in the Egyptian cities of Alexandria and Styene and knowing how far apart they were.
0w0KN TIL award winning film critic Roger Ebert created the Boulder Pledge. A commitment to never buy anything offer from spam email or to forward spam or chain emails.
76nZ TIL Jean-Claude Romand pretended to work for the World Health Organization, fooling friends and family for 18 years. Instead of working, he hid in hotels to study medicine and maps of countries he claimed to visit. When afraid of being exposed, he killed his entire family and burned down his house.
9wV1M TIL there is one volcanic eruption in Iceland every 5 years on average