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TIL despite eating alone virtually every day, English writer and politician William Thomas Beckford would have his kitchens prepare food for 12 and then send the surplus food away.

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nMOG TIL John F. Kennedy requested his head of press, Pierre Salinger, to get him 1,000 Cuban cigars. Seconds after bringing the president 1,200 cigars, Kennedy signed the Cuban trade embargo.
Oo0r1 TIL that there are contact lenses that are worn overnight which temporarily reshape the cornea, allowing the user to have perfect vision during the day without having to wear glasses/contact lenses.
P1e9J TIL Much of the dialogue in the film "Fritz the Cat" was improvised or recorded on the streets of New York. For example, the director Ralph Bakshi went to a Harlem Bar with a tape recorder and spent hours talking to Black patrons and getting drunk with them while asking questions.
pY6MA TIL about the "Dublin whiskey fire" of 1875. Despite destroying a warehouse and a row of houses, all 13 deaths during the event were reportedly caused by alcohol poisoning.
NDEb TIL that Paris is exclusively a twin city of Rome and vise versa. They have the motto “Only Paris is worthy of Rome; only Rome is worthy of Paris.”