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TIL that the tiny pasta acini di pepe means seeds of the pepper. It is added to the traditional Italian wedding soup as a symbol of fertility.

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LxMd TIL: Before medical science discovered how the circulatory system functioned, people believed that a vein ran directly from the fourth finger on the left hand to the heart. This is why people wear their wedding ring on this finger.
GA9Nj TIL that Archibald Gracie, a passenger who survived The Titanic sinking but died of complications within a year, had already endured tragedy in 1903, when his young daughter had been compressed to death in a hotel elevator shaft in Paris.
bJOQ TIL Saturday Night Live was created because in 1974 Johnny Carson petitioned NBC for more time off.
woeR7 TIL before WW1 ended on November 11th 1918, Romania re-entered the war on November 10th.
Oon6R TIL that a Parsi man named Farrokh Bulsara, grew up in India, and after moving to England changed his name to Freddie Mercury and founded the band Queen.