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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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epDQL TIL that during World War 2, aviator Antoine de Saint-Exupéry and general Charles De Gaulle despised each other, causing his works to be banned in both Free France and Vichy France. As a result, The Little Prince was first published in the United States, and only was published in France after WW2.
wJX1 TIL that during filming of The Usual Suspects director Bryan Singer managed to convince all the major actors that they were Keyser Soze. When Gabriel Byrne first watched the film he was so stunned that he wasn’t Keyser Soze that he stormed off into the parking lot and argued with Singer for an hour.
E1xYo TIL Magnus Carlson played 10 chess games simultaneously with his back turned and won 7 of them
D1y0D Today I learned that In South Korea, some stores package their bananas together in various ripeness stages so you can eat them over several days without them going brown. - They call them "one-a-day" bananas.
8ekV4 TIL female dogs are bitches, but female cats are queens