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TIL that Texas has its own dialect of German

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Z8XRa TIL that in the 1700s, pineapples were expensive, so rich American colonists would rent a pineapple and carry it around parties to show off their wealth.
6EK4Q TIL that Suzy Favor Hamilton, multiple time US champion and Olympic competitor in running, later worked as an escort prostitute, due to misdiagnosed bipolar disorder. After this was publicised, an award for Female Athlete of the Year named in her honour was renamed, and she lost her Nike sponsorship
l7JLB TIL the water brand Fiji is actually bottled and shipped from the island nation of Fiji
BreJe TIL workers on the sinking Titanic had their wages stopped the moment they hit the water
jNKLj TIL The balcony in Romeo and Juliet doesn't exist. It's not in the original play and was picked up from another author's play and inserted into Shakespeare's story about 100 years later. Shakespeare simply has Juliet standing by a window.