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TIL Alanis Morissette’s “Head Over Feet” is credited with the creation of the term “friends with benefits”

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6o17 Til that at the United States Naval Academy, “General Tso’s chicken” is served in the main mess hall, as “Admiral Tso’s Chicken”.
7rO7M TIL the first man to get an implanted heart pacemaker in 1958 had it replaced with 21 subsequent models.
0dA1N TIL during WWII, German pilot Walter Nowotny managed to shoot down ten planes in one day twice and five planes in one day 17 times.
wL40P TIL That "French onion dip" was originally called California dip since it was invented by an unknown cook in Los Angeles in 1954 where the recipe was originally published in the newspaper. The name "French onion dip" began to be used in the 1960s, and became more popular in the 1990s.
KOVk9 TIL that female wasps consume wood fibers and mix it with their saliva to build and waterproof their nests