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TIL that Italian operas used to include an unimportant song sung by a side character to give the audience a last chance to get up a buy snacks while they were singing. These songs were called sorbet arias since sorbet was commonly sold at opera houses.

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rRLye TIL of the Tibetan blackbird, living in the Himalayas. As a type of bird called a thrush its genus classification is "Turdus" (Latin for "thrush"). And since the Tibetan blackbird is larger than the common blackbird, it has been given the species name "Turdus Maximus."
bolj TIL Spongebob’s Bikini Bottom is based on the nuclear testing on Bikini Atoll during the 40’s and 50’s. Hence, radiation makes talking sponges and starfish.
QOx9 TIL the IRS uses 56 year old software to receive taxpayer data and dispense refunds.
ewPk TIL Python, the programming language, was named after Monty Python’s Flying Circus.
KYLvR TIL that the smell of freshly cut grass is actually a plant distress signal. When grass gets cut, it releases chemicals to "warn" nearby plants of damage.