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TIL That Outback Steakhouse was created by 4 Americans and the only genuine Australian food they serve is the alcohol

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vgPx TIL in 1871 William Frisbie of Bridgeport, Connecticut began the Frisbie Pie Company. Local schoolchildren made a game of tossing his empty pie plates which soon became popular with local college students. The name Frisbie was picked up by Wham-O toy company who changed it to Frisbee.
VBk98 TIL Princeton University once did a study in which scientists found that voters frequently pick the candidates with more mature looks over those with babyfaces. The two pictures used were of Russ Feingold and Tim Michels, the main candidates in the 2004 U.S. Senate race in Wisconsin.
9YDpp TIL The Branch Davidians didn't start with David Koresh, but were a long standing Seventh Day Adventist offshoot that started in the 1930s.
D1DXP TIL that much of '80s punk and punk-inspired fashion - fishnets, lipstick, wild hair, androgyny - can be traced directly to the influence of 1975's Rocky Horror Picture Show
VBAp4 TIL that the movie "Flamin' Hot" is not based on a true story; the LA Times investigated the origin of Flamin' Hot and it does not match up with what Richard Montanez claims he did