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TIL Jeremy Clarkson was fired from "Top Gear" for punching a producer who told him the hotel kitchen was closed.

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RrBj TIL Eminem wrote a song where he rhymed 4 different phrases with the term “orange juice”
xEpw TIL In the late 1990s, Dr. Ralph Walden peer reviewed 165 studies related to the safety of aspartame. 74 were funded corporations tied to aspartame. The other 91 were independent. ALL of the research that had financial ties to aspartame deemed it safe. The remaining 92% disagreed.
9nKX TIL tap water from ancient Rome likely contained up to 100 times more lead than local spring water. Some historians link fall of the Western Roman Empire to lead poisoning
m1moR TIL emergency oxygen masks on airplanes only last for ~10-14min.
KO1W9 TIL: The Hula burger. In 1962, Ray Kroc added a grilled piece of pineapple with a slice of cheese in a bun as a meatless option for Catholics on Lent. Needless to say, it didn’t last very long