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TIL the sandwich is named after John Montagu, the 4th Earl of Sandwich, who ordered roast beef between toasted bread during long card games.

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VBljZ TIL The United Arab Emirates population is 10 million of which only 11% are native locals. Majority are expats from South Asia.
QJlda TIL Southern California Edison plans to bury 3.6 million pounds of lethal radioactive waste at the closed San Onofre nuclear power plant, about 100 feet from the ocean and just a few feet above the water table.
9Y607 TIL the first recorded incident of "mooning" was recorded by Josephus in 80 AD. A Roman soldier exposed his buttocks to Jewish pilgrims gathered in Jerusalem for Passover, resulting in a riot and eventual death of ten thousand people.
VBd84 TIL there are 80 generations of descendants of Confucius. Kung Tsui-chang, the 79th-generation descendant, is the current head of the family. He is known as "Honorable Overflowing with Wisdom", a Chinese title of nobility reserved for direct descendants of Confucius.
ADpKn TIL about Robert Pickton the Pig Farmer Killer who confessed to murdering 49 women 83-2002. There’s even speculation that he ground his victims up with pork and sold it to the public. He said he was disappointed that he didn’t get to 50 women and was caught because he was “sloppy”.