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78yDr TIL that asafoetida, a flavoring used in some Indian dishes, is called “devil’s shit” in French, Turkish, and several other languages. Its strong odor dissipates during cooking and it imparts a mild oniony flavor.
OrL1 TIL soft serve ice cream became popular after Tom Carvel’s ice cream truck got a flat tire. He started serving the melting ice cream to vacationers. Two years later he opened his first soft serve ice cream shop at the same site where his truck broke down.
VERk TIL homosexual swans mate with a female, solely for the eggs. Once she lays the eggs, the male chases it away and hatches the eggs along with its gay partner.
gEL4 TIL More Commodore 64s have been sold than any other model of computer.
5YAR8 TIL the first case of artificial insemination by donor occurred in 1884 when a doctor took sperm from his "best looking" student to inseminate an anesthetized woman. The woman's infertile husband approved of the procedure, but the woman wasn't told what was happening.