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TIL steamed hamburgers are an actual regional delicacy (though in Central Connecticut).

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vgYB TIL that the village of Badbea in Scotland was so windy children and animals had to be tied to posts or rocks to stop them being blown away.
Wl5N TIL While Filming “The Gold Rush”, Charlie Chaplin did 63 separate takes of a scene where his character eats a boot—in reality, a prop made of licorice—and ended up being taken to the hospital for insulin shock due to the high sugar intake.
Ajrx TIL that 96 workers died while constructing the Hoover Dam from 1931-1935
jJNj TIL that, due to its isolation, a third of the plant life on the island of Socotra (Yemen) is found nowhere else on the planet, making it the “most alien-looking place on Earth”.
GEb5 TIL that fastest cancellation of a TV show was Australia’s Naughtiest Home Videos, which was pulled halfway through its first episode.