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TIL that an Australian publisher once had to reprint 7,000 copies of a recipe book because a typo asked for “freshly ground black people” instead of black pepper.

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wbQ7 A Chinese billionaire once charged a $170 million painting to his Amex card just to accrue the points. [NSFW painting]
D97g TIL that when asked if he deserved the death penalty Ted Bundy said “That’s a very good question. I don’t want to die; I won’t kid you. I deserve, certainly, the most extreme punishment society has. And I think society deserves to be protected from me and from others like me. That’s for sure.”
LQgNZ TIL Elephants are the only mammals that can't jump. These behemoths are so "big boned" they can't make it off the ground.
WJwL TIL the man who first alerted authorities about the 2008 Chinese milk scandal was murdered
wL0d8 TIL that the Dana-Farber Institute is supported financially by the National Cancer Institute. Many of Dana-Farber’s research faculty members also hold positions at Harvard University. Essentially, taxpayer money is helping finance research at Harvard.