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TIL Baby carrots are shaped from irregulars and their invention reduced loss by as much as 70% in some crops

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0w7N5 TIL that deceased brothel owner Dennis Hof was elected to the Nevada State Assembly in 2018, having passed away between the primary and the general election
QJOb9 TIL the "Seinfeld" theme was improvised and it was different for every episode according to the composer himself, Jonathan Wolff
44y6 TIL Del Close, improv teacher of Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, and Bill Murray, said on his deathbed, “I’m tired of being the funniest person in the room.”
NX558 TIL that a controversial psychiatric technique called recovered memory therapy routinely resulted in patients imagining memories of satanic rituals contributing to the 1980s satanic panic
rRBOw TIL Emirates Airlines had an exclusive terminal in Dubai airport, which was the largest building in the world when opened in 2008. It's still worlds largest airport terminal.