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TIL that one of the earliest frozen pizza companies was actually run by a family named Pizza

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edm5 TIL thousands of afghans share January 1st as their birthday because they don’t know when their real birthday is.
Oow17 TIL no law has been passed officially making the Union Jack the national flag of the United Kingdom.
DXVP TIL that dumping golf balls into the sea is outlawed because the plastic does not break down. A professor at the University of Maine used ground-up lobster shells and other materials to develop biodegradable golf balls. These balls are intended for use on cruise ships or driving ranges by the ocean.
jrRj TIL , There was a day, BBC ran out of news, April 18, 1930: A Day With No News, they played piano music instead
e0d1n TIL in 1744, two Scottish Presbyterian ministers made a plan to have fellow ministers pay a small amount a year into a fund, which would be used to take care of their widows if ministers died. It became the blueprint for modern insurance, and their fund, Scottish Widows, is now worth billions.