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TIL in 1993 Burger King Briefly Offered Table Service During Dinner Hours, Offering Popcorn As A Table Appetizer

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Y7Ax TIL that laying on your right side aggravates heartburn, and laying on your left can stop it.
4Xa7g TIL 15 years after the US allied with France to defeat Great Britain in the Revolutionary War, the US switched sides by allying with Great Britain to defeat France in the "Quasi-War of the Atlantic". The United States won both times.
BgVGx TIL that mucus is more than just snot and boogers. Fish use it on their skin to fight microbes; snails and slugs use it to move, stay moist, and cover their eggs; hagfish use it in slime to deter predators; and larval lampreys use it when they're feeding.
lo1rA TIL that the Vatican forbade copies of Gregorio Allegri's Miserere mei, Deus, threatening any publication with excommunication. That was until 1770 when a 14-year-old named Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, who, on a trip to Rome with his father, heard it but twice and transcribed it faithfully from memory.
69AOY TIL that AI-Generated Artwork Sold for $432,500 at Auction, Blurring Lines Between Creativity and Technology