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TIL that during the pre-production of "The Handmaid's Tale" tv series author Margaret Atwood (whose wrote the novel) was consulted about the updates to some of the dialogue (the original novel was written in 1985). During the discussion Atwood was forced to ask "What's a carpet muncher?".

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78eVb TIL that a Dutch woman was denied Swiss naturalization despite having lived there for 39 years, because her 'neighbours' deemed her too annoying and not integrated into Swiss society since she often critized Swiss tradition of hanging large bells on cows' necks
vAVB TIL that Fried Chicken was invented by the Scottish and dates back to the middle ages.
Zobp TIL pineapples used to be valued at $5000, rarely eaten and used as a status symbol at parties
ADdyd TIL there is a group of genes (HOX) that code for the proper formation of limbs in most animals. When flies have defective HOX genes, instead of antenas, they grow more legs
Rpd1 TIL Radiohead came up with the idea of Scott Tenorman eating his parents in chili in the South Park episode “Scott Tenorman Must Die.”