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TIL that until the 1960s pimentos were stuffed into olives by hand; now they are inserted by a specialized machine made in Spain that also removes the pits with an X-shaped punch (check out the bottom of your next olive to see the imprint).

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B07k TIL that the author of the science fiction novel “Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?”, published in 1968, said “There will come a time when it isn’t ‘They’re spying on me through my phone’ anymore. Eventually, it will be 'My phone is spying on me’.”
Ll7d TIL depression causes more years of disability than cancer, HIV/AIDS, and cardiovascular and respiratory diseases combined
WklZo TIL of PFC Dan Bullock, the youngest U.S. serviceman killed in action during the Vietnam War. He falsified his birth certificate and enlisted when he was 14, and died when he was 15
GYek1 TIL that "555-nanometer wavelength green" (which is similar to the shade of green used in "green screens") is the most visible color because it stimulates the most cones in the eye.
QNxLa TIL after David Letterman left NBC for CBS, his show was offered to both Dana Carvey and Garry Shandling, who both turned it down. Conan O'Brien eventually got the gig, while Shandling also turned down the same 12:30 slot at CBS in favor of his own HBO sitcom.