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TIL Philadelphia Cream Cheese is produced in New York, and always has been since it was invented by William Lawrence in 1872. He named his company Philadelphia to market off of the city's reputation for high quality dairy products.

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e0E4L TIL that Atlantic brants are medium-sized marine geese that can be seen in inshore waters along the U.S. east coast from Maine to Georgia as well as in parts of Europe. Also called brent geese or pale-bellied brants, they mainly eat eel grass, sea lettuce and seaweed in shallow tidal estuaries.
PYe8V TIL Harold and Kumar were written to go to Krispy Kreme, but after the company declined to be featured in the film, White Castle was selected instead. Happy about the free advertising, White Castle become the first fast food chain to have an R-Rated comedy advertised on fast food containers
x6AjD TIL that in 1973, Canadian Rosella Bjornson became the first female commercial airline pilot in North America.
epaXn TIL Cornicione is the Italian word for the edge or rim of a pizza. The cornicione should be an airy, raised edge, that’s crunchy on the outside and light and soft on the inside, typically found on a Neapolitan pizza. The crust is the whole bread part of the pizza, not only the edge.
BPEK TIL In the book of “The princess bride” there’s a missing chapter called “the reconciliation” William Goldman (the author) wrote that if you wanted to read it you had to send a letter to the publisher house, and they would mailed it to you