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TIL of Seitan aka The Wheat Meat, an Asian delicacy that is made of pure gluten, making it the nightmare food of celiacs!

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XEmJQ TIL of the Chichijima Incident. During an air raid in Japan during WW2, 9 American airmen were shot down, with 8 of which captured, tortured and murdered (5 of which cannibalised). The only one who survived was George H.W. Bush, a then 20 year old pilot.
pYJDe TIL when married couple Caleb Roesler and Justine Roesler won the North American Wife Carrying Championship in 2023, they were awarded Justine's weight in beer and given $5 for every pound she weighed.
l7a8V TIL Eternal Recurrence is the idea that everything you experience will repeat in exactly the same way, forever. Expanded on by philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche, it encourages living fully, as your life will be eternally relived in the same moments.
vPVEB TIL The MPAA created the PG-13 rating after Steven Spielberg suggested a rating between PG and R due to complaints about Gremlins and Temple of Doom.
yG0a TIL Princess Diana is buried in an unmarked grave on an island that has metal plates just below its surface, to prevent grave robbery.