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TIL that Heinz petitioned American bun companies to consider equal hot dog-to-bread ratio.

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9YvG6 TIL that to properly write adjectives in order, you would list them by amount, value, size, temperature, age, shape, color, origin, and material.
Brvje TIL that the original version of Les Paul guitar nicknamed "the Log" was crafted in an Epiphone factory. Les Paul then approached Gibson but got rejected calling the prototype, "broomstick with a pickup. " It would take a decade before Gibson finally accepts the idea.
Y7aNP TIL the original 1881 "Pinocchio" was a dark story that included the puppet's execution by hanging for his bad behavior (which included murdering Jiminy Cricket)
LkrGv TIL that a BA pilot named Tim Lancaster in 1990 was sucked out of the cockpit. His crew held on to him. Lancaster lived to tell the tale.
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