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TIL that New York City banned Trans Fats in 2014. Three years later, Heart attacks and strokes fell by more than 6 percent

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E8wW TIL the world’s first licensed armless pilot is also the first armless black-belt.
Yeyr TIL that in Pulp Fiction, Mia and Vincent don’t actually win the dance contest. We see them return with the trophy, but you can hear a news story on a TV Butch passes later describing that the trophy was stolen the night before from Jackrabbit Slim’s.
ADxrl TIL that the 29th May (also this Friday) is officially “Put a Pillow on Your Fridge Day”: before refrigerators were invented in the 1920s, families in Europe and the USA would place a piece of cloth on their larder for good luck once a year.
KZeJ TIL Samuel L. Jackson wanted a cameo appearance on Breaking Bad in which he would walk on to the set of Los Pollos Hermanos, dressed as Nick Fury, completely unannounced as if he were a customer buying chicken from the restaurant.
R7bBl TIL the "Necco" of Necco Wafers stands for "New England Confectionery Company"