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TIL when Fatima Othman, a disabled street beggar, died in an abandoned car in Beirut, she was found to be carrying 5 million Lebanese ounds in cash and a deposit book showing more than $1 million in savings.

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odyE TIL in Renaissance Italy, the Court Carver perfected the art of mid-air meat carving. To entertain guests he could lift a turkey in the air on a fork and rapidly cut the meat so that it rained down onto the diner’s plates in a decorative pattern of slices. Eggs and fruit were carved the same way.
b9aM4 TIL that Marjorie Post heiress to the Post Cereal Company purchased the patents from Clarence Birdseye and created Birds Eye Frozen Foods. Post also developed a means to deliver the frozen foods Nationally via Train and also invented the see through freezers at Grocery Stores for visibility.
dD8Mr TIL I learned that E.B. White, who co-wrote the English grammar guide known as Strunk & White, or The Elements of Style, was also the author of Stuart Little and Charlotte's Web
JYxW4 TIL Stieg Larsson, author of 'The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo' part of the Millennium trilogy, died in 2004 due to a heart attack. The Milennium trilogy was published posthumously & has sold over 80 million copies today.
kG6W TIL In 2011 Ben & Jerry’s released a flavor named Schweddy Balls. A group called “One Million Moms” protested, saying the name was too explicit for grocery store shelves. However one mother said “We just think it’s funny, that’s all, and honestly we all really want to try it.”