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TIL despite seeming like an old-timely Italian tradition, the Feast of the Seven Fishes started in America and the first known mention of it is in The Philadelphia Inquirer in 1983

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xVlMb TIL after Montreal Canadiens fans booed the US national anthem during the 2004 Hockey Playoffs, Boston Bruins fans responded by giving the Canadian National Anthem a standing ovation.
69dv8 TIL: Apples are only in season between Sept and Nov but Controlled Atmosphere Storage has allowed us to consume apples all year round.
7lQb TIL on September 11, 1857, a group of Mormons dressed up like Indians and massacred about 120 men, women, and children who were traveling through Utah in a wagon train.
VBQD0 TIL that worldwide spending on digital transformation is expected to hit a 1.8 trillion USD in 2024 and then soar even higher to 2.8 trillion USD by 2025. Also, almost seven out of ten workers have too much work to do every day.
VMeWD TIL that Muffit, the robotic dog in the original Battlestar Galactica TV-show was actually played by a chimpanzee in a robodog costume.