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TIL that the foods "spotted dick" and "cockles" are an actual part of British cuisine.

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N8Pe TIL that in 1998, workers restoring Benjamin Franklin’s home uncovered the remains of 10 people; researchers suspect that a house-guest of Franklin smuggled in dead bodies to use for anatomical research and buried them in the basement
nWmVr TILL that it’s not against any regulation or law for a hotel to have bedbugs in New Mexico
Y7J8W TIL a 2005 Harris Interactive poll conducted over the phone asked U.S. adults if they always washed their hands after various situations. 91% said they always washed their hands after using public restrooms but when observers went to U.S. public restrooms they found only 83% of the people there did.
9wwrM TIL of Adnan Khashoggi, a successful Saudi businessman who, among other business, would bring together US arms companies and the Saudi Government, and make a commission on deals. He became so rich he had a fleet of private jets and his lavish lifestyle cost $250,000 a day just to maintain.
XELRE TIL Emperor Meiji of Japan (1852-1912) was the last Japanese emperor to wear a full beard