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TIL renowned horror director George Romero got his start working on Mister Roger's Neighborhood.

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vx4x TIL a parisian gastronomist invented the “rôti sans pareil”, a warbler, stuffed inside a bunting, inside a lark, inside a thrush, inside a quail…lapwing, plover, partridge, woodcock, teal, guinea fowl, duck, chicken, pheasant, goose, turkey, bustard. A 17-bird stuffed meal.
n9YG TIL hosting the 2006 World Cup caused Germany to experience baby boom. Nine months after the football competition, birthrate in Germany is up to 30% higher compared with the same period in the year before.
R57pj TIL of East Asian age reckoning. An age counting system common in China Korea Japan and Vietnam. People are considered to be one the day they are born and on New Years Day a year is added. This creates the scenario where children born on December 31 become two-year-olds the very next day.
ZpxVY TIL in order to escape the fastest tornado on record, you'd have to break the highway speed limit in 34 states
0w7N5 TIL that deceased brothel owner Dennis Hof was elected to the Nevada State Assembly in 2018, having passed away between the primary and the general election