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TIL the inventor of the chocolate chip cookie sold the idea to Nestle Toll House in return for a lifetime supply of chocolate.

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W0Ed TIL that Tycho Brahe wore a golden nose to replace his lost during a mathematical debate. He also owned a tame elk which apparently died of drinking too much beer. He also died from waiting too long to take a piss. Overall, Tycho Brahe was a quite a unique dude.
lo06r TIL Irish people drink more tea than the British. And while India and China produce most of the world's tea, neither of them is in the top 10 tea drinking countries.
9QYQ TIL that during WWII, a German pilot spotted an American pilot’s crippled plane in the sky. Tailing it, he noticed that gunner was dead, crew injured, and they posed no threat. Instead of destroying the plane, he led it to safety. 40 years later, the two pilots reunited.
MeZWb TIL that caterpillars digest their entire body into a soupy liquid in their cocoon before regenerating into a butterfly from the few remaining cells.
w6Jo TIL that a prostitute in Bonn (Germany) has to buy a 6 Euro ticket from the city’s “Sex Meter” to legally work at night and is then guarded by a private security company. Not paying for the ticket can get you banned from working there and a $145 fine