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TIL A death row inmate was denied his request of a pizza being sent to a homeless man in place of his last meal.

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LLg9 TIL calorie counts in food labels are based on 19th century research, that has been dismissed since, as being vague approximations that don’t project the truth that the calories we get change considerably depending on the structure of the food, how it is processed, and the physiology of the eater
4XEjb TIL Germany is very easygoing on its prisoners. Murderers get a few decades in a prison complex similar to a college dorm, complete with video games, television, computers, privacy, their own food, and sometimes weekend leave.
oRRKK TIL that to save the bumblebees, a California court ruled bees to be classified as fish because insects aren’t covered by the endangered species act. The request for “bees are fish” was considered in 2019 and recently passed.
vVp7 TIL that cabbage, kale, cauliflower, brussel sprouts, broccoli, Chinese cabbage and savoy are all the same species of plant, but have been selectively bred so much that they barely resemble the same genus, let alone the same species
jN4Lv TIL the band Heart's 1985 hit "What About Love" is a cover, originally written and performed by the Canadian band, Toronto.