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TIL ‘Goodbye’ is a contraction of the phrase 'God be with you’, originating in 1580.

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gMN57 TIL The Manchu–Han Banquet was one of the grandest meals ever documented in Chinese culinary history and consisted of (at least) 108 dishes served in six meals over the course of three days
nY4B TIL that weeks after “The Soup Nazi” aired on Seinfeld, the man (Ali Yeganeh) that the character is based on kicked Jerry Seinfeld out of his restaurant for ruining his business. When Seinfeld gave him an insincere apology, Yeganeh ejected him from the restaurant, yelling, “No soup for you!”
VMNDG TIL the movie title RED stands for Retired, Extremely Dangerous. Learned it while watching Grant Imahara and RPG's during our Mythbusters marathon. ❤❤
9DbG TIL Franklin D. Roosevelt wrote a Second Bill of Rights that included financial freedom from monopolies and unfair competition.
R78rl TIL Robin Williams, as a stand up comedian, would use other comedians material, and it got to the point, that if a comedian saw Williams in the audience of a comedy club, they would stop their act immediately to prevent Williams from writing down their best jokes.