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TIL Philadelphia leads the nation in sweatpants purchases per capita.

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NXeeM TIL Carbonara didn't exist before WWII and likely came from US Military supplies of eggs and bacon in Italy during WWII.
BMx TIL Joe Paterno, most likely, pooped his pants during a game against Ohio State. Seriously, here’s the video!
OoLmX TIL: An extinct bird came back from the dead. The white-throated rail was flightless and got completely wiped out when the island sunk below the sea around 136,000 years ago. But, the same bird re-appeared when sea levels fell again a few thousand years later, and again lost the ability to fly.
epanJ TIL Germany sent out 12 dismantled V2 Rockets to Japan during WW2.
4XWd5 TIL Even tho Saladin ruled a vast empire, encompassing all of the Levant, modern day Iraq, and parts of North Africa and Arabia, at the time of his death, he had no money left to pay for his funeral. He donated everything to the poor