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TIL that apple pie isn't really an American dish!

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Zpl4a Today I learned that the FTC is investigating oil company collusion that caused much of the inflation seen in the US and much of the rest of the world since 2021.
xVApo TIL that renowned cellist Yo-Yo Ma made his stateside debut at "The American Pageant of the Arts" at the age of 7. In attendance were sitting President John F Kennedy and former President Dwight D Eisenhower.
lmeK TIL Thomas Hicks ran the 1904 Olympic marathon while drinking a mix of strychnine, egg whites and brandy which made him hallucinate and become sick. His trainers had to carry him over the finish line but he was still declared the winner, with the slowest gold medal time in Olympic marathon history.
4YmR TIL Jean-Paul Sartre hallucinated seeing crabs for most of his life after taking mescaline.
PL0Z TIL that the movie “Jaws” was supposed to feature a mechanical shark, but after several malfunctions, Spielberg decided to film from the shark’s point of view and suggest the presence of the shark via composer John William’s musical theme