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TIL Al Pacino’s grandparents immigrated to the US from Corleone, Sicily, the same town as Vito Corleone in “The Godfather”

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JE0v TIL the government sent a vegan mayonnaise company a warning letter stating that their product did not meet the legal definition of mayonnaise.
lon7 TIL that if you draw a line around some Ants, they won’t cross it. Calcium Carbonate in chalk will puncture their skin and kill them with dehydration
Yp9DW TIL: Someone hacked into a cable broadcast in Chicago in 1987 wearing a “Max Headroom” mask. Over 30 years later, the hacker still hasn’t been identified.
m1lVx TIL Commodus once held a grand 14 day gladiatorial event with himself as the center piece. The "highlights" include him killing 100 bears in a day. The crowd was hesitant to attend the arena due to a rumour that he would start shooting random spectators in reenactment of the stymphalian birds myth
xV4w0 TIL A Chinese theme park has a ride that simulates death. It begins in a "morgue" where riders are placed in a casket and carried on a conveyor belt to be "cremated” by a blast of 105 degree hot air. It ends with the rider being passed through a ‘womb’ and being reborn.