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TIL that the inventor of Pringles was cremated and buried in a Pringles can.

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p8ZPZ TIL that various Nazis used a secret codeword to get exclusive service at a Nazi run brothel. Joseph Goebbels enjoyed “lesbian displays”, and an SS general enjoyed an all-night orgy with 20 girls. The building was tapped. Mussolini’s son in law was recorded expressing negative opinions of Hitler.
OoNjL TIL that the abrupt release of approx. 50 gigatonnes of arctic methane is highly possible at any time. Such a release would increase global methane levels by a factor of 12.
awrPA TIL that the artist Banksy financed and helped design the hotel "with the worst view in the world" overlooking the wall separating Israeli and Palestinian sections of Bethlehem.
ZW0B TIL - The National Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies Coalition issued a recommendation for pregnant women to eat more fish, in direct contradiction with the FDA’s guidance. It was later discovered they received a $70k grant from National Fisheries Institute right before issuing that recommendation.
X9wD TIL that the highest paid athlete of all time is actually an ancient Roman charioteer named Gaius Appuleius Diocles, who earned the equivalent of $15 billion before his retirement.