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TIL in the 19th Century, a turnspit dog was a short-legged, long-bodied dog bred to run on a wheel to turn meat for even cooking

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KO6a6 TIL In 1977 there was an Emmy Award winning Prequel to How The Grinch Stole Christmas in which the Grinch tries to terrorize the Whos on Halloween. It is called “Halloween is Grinch Night”
7K4r TIL vanilla beans are the 2nd most expensive spice in the world due to a current, global vanilla bean crisis caused, in part, by a 2017 hurricane in Madagascar.
JY4Ok TIL Iran has fast food chains Mash Donalds and Pizza Hat because McDonalds and Pizza Hut aren't allowed in the country
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9wP6 TIL Cher Ami, a pigeon in the 77th Division in WWI, successfully delivered a message stopping the friendly artillery fire on the 77th Division’s position, even after being shot, and won the French Croix de guerre.