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TIL there's a traditional Filipino dish that is technically illegal to prepare.

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8e8Z8 TIL that the word "fascinate" derives from the ancient Roman practice of using a representation of the divine penis (a fascinare) to perform magic.
7815b TIL that in the 1940s Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar drove 200 miles round trip each week to teach a class in the Uni of Chicago. One day he insisted on driving to teach the class despite a heavy snowstorm. He ended up teaching a class of only two that day, both of whom went on to win a Nobel Prize.
k5R7 TIL that Myst, released in 1993, held the record for best-selling PC game until 2002 – when it was beaten by The Sims.
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