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TIL that most cheeses are not vegetarian because they contain an ingredient (rennet) that is usually made from animal stomachs.

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kjom TIL East St. Louis, Illinois is not only one of the most violent cities in the United States, but it consistently ranks among the world’s most dangerous cities. In 2014 the murder rate of the City was higher than that of Honduras, the country with the highest murder rate in the world.
PYBvV TIL, John D. Rockefeller was the world's first Billionaire and it was his near-monopoly oil business in the USA that necessitated the federal and states governments to create Antitrust laws.
5YZ6P TIL that In 1794 London an 18 year old student created a trove of 'discovered' original Shakespeare papers. Deed's, contracts, letters, poetry, and even a play that held much of London fooled for a year and a half.
epDdE TIL American ballet dancer Tanaquil Le Clercq contracted polio at age 27 in 1956 and was confined to a wheelchair. Le Clercq began studying with George Balanchine at age 12 and married him at age 23. When she was 15, Balanchine choreographed a dance for a polio benefit which presaged her illness.
Oow06 TIL about the "Iron Harvest". This is an annual event where people help unearth unexploded bombs from European conflicts, specifically WW1. Since 1946, over 600 civilians and ordnance collectors have died from these explosives.