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TIL there is a small Welsh speaking region of Argentina

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KOr54 TIL in the 1980's the yellow pages aired an advert in Britain. The ad saw a pregnant woman with cravings ask her husband for a pizza with tuna fish and banana. Thousands of people tried to place orders for this weird combination of toppings, prompting Domino's to put it on the menu.
DQ1lg TIL amidst early concerns about leaded gas, the engineer who discovered tetraethyllead as an additive demonstrated its 'safety' by pouring it over his hands and inhaling its vapor, stating he could do this every day without issue. He later took a leave of absence due to lead poisoning.
8MNX TIL that a 55 gal steel drum can be crushed like a tin can by heating it and then cooling it with ice water
5Vwwr TIL that in 2014, a ship carrying over 420 people to Jeju in South Korea began to sink, and the captain abandoned the ship. Around 350 people died, and 260 were high-schoolers.
rNKZd Today I learned that American couples only sleep with 1 duvet, large enough for the the two of them. And not separate ones. And they also have a weird thing called «top sheet»