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TIL South Carolina passed a “truth in barbeque” law which says that restaurants have to tell customers if they cook with wood or gas. Violators face a fine or jail.

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KGmB TIL that George Lucas sold what would become Pixar to Steve Jobs for $5 million in 1979. When Disney bought Pixar, Jobs became the largest single shareholder of Disney. When Disney bought Lucasfilm of 2012, Lucas became the 2nd largest shareholder.
16ym8 TIL the Chew Valley Hoard, a cache of 2,584 silver coins dating to the Norman Conquest (1066-1068), sold for $5.6m to become the most valuable treasure ever found in Britain. Discovered by 7 metal detectorists, the coins feature the likeness of Harold II, William the Conqueror & Edward the Confessor
awoGN TIL of the word "inkhorn", a 16th century derogrity term for scholars who excessively and awkwardly borrowed words from Latin. They introduced short-lived words like ("devulgate, obtestate, deruncinate, subsecive") but also gave us everday words like ("Celebrate, expectation, ingenious, mundane").
ZW5p TIL that if batteries had advanced at the same pace as computer processors, a double a cell would contain more energy than a tactical nuke!
YpNBW TIL that Steven Van Zandt, guitarist with Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band, originally auditioned for the lead role of Tony in The Sopranos. HBO didn't think he would work as a lead since he never acted before, so creator David Chase wrote him Sylvio Dante, a character that Steven had created.