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TIL the first recorded pizza delivery was in 1889 to Queen Margherita of Savoy. Reportedly, she was tired of courtly fare and requested a local peasant meal; they delivered a white, green, and red pie to symbolize the newly unified Italy's flag. She called it "delicious" and the rest is history.

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AN0xw TIL about the sultanate of women. A period in ottoman history that lasted for a century where the wives and mothers of the sultans held incredible political power that was started by hurrem sultan, the wife of suleiman the magnificent.
KYQ4E TIL about a man in Raleigh, NC creating a massive street art sculpture known as the 'barrel monster' using stolen construction barrels. Despite the construction company who owned the barrels appreciating it and the publicity it created and not wanting to press charges, the man was arrested anyway.
m1DNy TIL a 2023 survey of more than 1,000 hiring managers found that nearly 40% admitted to lying to candidates in job interviews. And in most cases, it worked: 92% of the managers that admitted lying said a candidate they had lied to accepted their job offer.
6EmdW TIL that information about Earth's magnetic field such as intensity and direction are stored in certain minerals present in sedimentary rock. Using the data present in different layers of rock, scientists are planning to reconstruct the advancement of this magnetic field over time.
jN6aN TIL that, primarily, Chameleons change their color to warm up (dark colors absorb more light) and be sexy (to other chameleons), not to camouflage themselves (as many people believe).