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TIL the name of "Spam" is a portmanteau of "spiced ham".
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TIL that if the High Court in New Delhi, India goes through its cases at a rate of 4 minutes and 55 seconds per case, it will finish its backlog in 466 years.
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TIL Race car driver Niki Lauda was born into a wealthy Austrian family but cut off contact because they did not support his career. Without their support he ended up having to go into debt to continue driving... but ended up becoming one of the most successful F1 drivers in history
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TIL Ghost Busters Dan Aykroyd is slightly autistic. His obsession with the police and ghost hunters was the inspiration for Ghost Busters. He was diagnosed with autism back in the 1980s when his wife asked him to get it checked out. He also had Tourette’s as a kid, but overcame it with therapy.
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TIL the only commodity banned from futures trading in the United States is … onions
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TIL at the night of 9/11, Iranians held vigils for the victims of WTC bombings