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TIL that Spaghetti is a plural for Spaghetto.

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nWemP TIL that every nation’s passport is a shade of blue, red, green or black. There are no rules about the cover color, but most countries decided that the simple, dark hues looked the most official.
R7ega TIL there are three common musical key signature naming systems in use: The C-D-E-F-G-A-B system in the Anglosphere and East Asia, C-D-E-F-G-A-H system used in the historically German influenced areas and do-re-mi-fa-sol-la-si solfege in all Romance speaking and influenced countries/colonies
Pg6V TIL during World War 2 the Japanese government had a national policy to receive Jewish refugees. Even Hideki Tojo rejected Nazi protests to this policy.
wZYM TIL The inspiration for Beavis was a straight A Student who had a similar laugh. He would laugh at everything his extremely hot teacher would say while biting his lip, and scribbling on paper.
E1EnW TIL Simon and Grafunkel's "Sound of Silence" was a flop when first released causing the duo to breakup. Their producer later added drums and electric guitar and re-released it, without telling them, only to see it become a hit song.