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TIL that the toast sandwich (or bread sandwich) was a Victorian sandwich recipe that consisted of two slices of bread with a piece of (sometimes buttered) toast in the center.

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9OD6 TIL During a major Civil War battle, both armies briefly stopped fighting to watch a fist fight between two opposing soldiers who had both taken cover in the same place.
P1LEE TIL- The Apollo 11 astronaut left Lunar Laser Retro-Reflectors on the moon and NASA has been conducting experiments with them for over 50 years thus proving the moon landings happened.
eakD TIL that Seth Rogen began working on the script for Super Bad when he was only 13 and finished a draft by age 15. The film began filming 10 years later.
VBkxZ TIL about Chewang Norphel, an engineer who created 15 artificial glaciers in the Ladakh region of India, a high altitude cold desert drier than the Sahara, increasing water access to many villages transforming the lives of thousands. He was called "The Iceman of Ladakh".
ADG9g TIL about Exclusive and Inclusive Counting. In English-speaking countries Sunday is seven days from Sunday (Mon, Tue, Wed, etc.), we exclude the initial Sunday. In Romance languages Sunday is eight days from Sunday, the first Sunday is included in the counting.