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TIL: There is a published, peer reviewed article on iocaine powder, the famed and fictional poison from The Princess Bride

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6EReW TIL The deep-dish pizza was invented in 1943 when someone at the small pizza shop Pizzeria Uno in Illinois decided to make a pizza using a cake mold.
neWGW TIL that in film Halloween (1978) the interior shots of the two babysitter houses were taken in different (real) houses from those shown in exterior shots. They were shot in the house across the street from each house shown for the building exterior, making a total of four babysitter houses
NWbb TIL that there’s a perpetual student named Michael W. Nicholson who has earned 29 degrees
a8MmM TIL that Oregon has the highest business survival rate with 58.4% succeeding within 5 years.
0d4by TIL from 1965 to 1998, the most popular way Gatorade was packaged was in glass bottles. After this, plastic bottles became the most popular form of packaging due to safety reasons (no glass shattering), being more lightweight, cheaper, and was seen as more environmentally friendly due to recycling.