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TIL that Teller(the silent half of Penn and Teller) taught Greek and Latin for 6 years before going into show business fulltime

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5VXJk TIL Independent Chinese families are classified accordingly to their stove. In the case of a father's death, the eldest son inherits the stove and the younger brothers transfer the coals to their own new stoves. This invites the Stove god to join their new households and is called "pun chu".
GLB1 TIL that after San Francisco’s ban on plastic bags, death from foodborne illnesses increased by 46% in the city.
78eG7 TIL in 1994, David Kang fired two blank shots from a starting pistol at Prince Charles during an Australia Day speech. He was found guilty of threatening unlawful violence and sentenced to 500 hours of community service. In 2004, he was admitted to the NSW Bar and is a practising barrister.
BNb TIL that animals can have accents too
b5np TIL that there is a business labyrinth in a limestone deposit in Kansas City.