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TIL America has been at war for 222 out of 239 years of existence.

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YB1P TIL in 2005 the Prime Minister of Italy, Silvio Berlusconi, insulted Finnish cuisine. Later, in 2008, a Finnish pizza won an international pizza contest coming first before Italy in second and Australia in third. The name of the first place pizza was “Pizza Berlusconi”.
BrZaD Today I Learned that due to the popularity of the song “Hey Ya” by OutKast, specifically the line “shake it like a Polaroid picture,” the Polaroid company had to issue a statement informing consumers that shaking the Polaroid picture will not assist in developing the photo and can actually ruin it.
e0Wdn Today I Learned 'Killer whales' are not actually a whale, rather they are the largest species of dolphin
Meooa TIL The computer game Tron actually came out after the movie did. It even made more money in arcades than the movie did in theaters.
wLmm8 TIL that the groundwork for modern medical training - which is infamous for its grueling hours and workload that often lead to burnout - was laid by a physician who was addicted to cocaine, which he was injecting into himself as an experimental anesthetic.