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7wPx TIL Adolf Frederick, King of Sweden, died of digestion problems in 1771 after eating a meal of lobster, caviar, sauerkraut, smoked herring, champagne, and 14 servings of his favorite dessert, semla in a bowl of hot milk. He is remembered by schoolchildren as “the king who ate himself to death.”
awMay TIL The communion bread market has been cornered, outcompeting nuns at monasteries
m1ZVy TIL that Patagonia (the clothing brand) also sells food
EQpw TIL that the DFW Airport is larger than the entire island of Manhattan.
VMm9k TIL using the outward setting on a stapler is called "pinning", and it's meant for temporary staples that are easy to remove without mangling the paper.