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TIL that the first time a recipe for creme brulee was published was in the 17th century. The sugar topping was caramelized with a hot shovel.

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b6n80 TIL of Dr Jack Matthews who was not only a doctor, a top level rugby player and a glider pilot during WW2, but he also fought Rocky Marciano to a draw in amateur boxing.
awxOb TIL that the US Air Force speculated on producing a non lethal psychochemical weapon that would discharge female pheromones to make the enemy soldires fall in love with each other
D14nP TIL starting from second crusade many in Christendom believed in a powerful Indian Christian King named Prestor John who was about to come with his powerful army from east to crush the muslim armies.
R7w09 TIL of Thierville, France, unique in that there is no local war memorial. Starting from the Franco-Prussian War in 1870-71, through both World Wars, the First Indochina War (1946-54) & Algerian War (1954-62), all the soldiers from Thierville who took part in those conflicts came home alive.
NX8JJ TIL that the cheat code for the Naboo Starfighter for Star wars Rouge Squadron was so well hidden, that even Factor 5,LucasArts and even hackers were not aware of it. The cheatcode was finally found 6 months after release