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TIL more than half of all new PhDs in the US are fake

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xVy6b TIL, so much buried treasure is found in the UK that they need specific laws regarding finds. Any discovered treasure must first be offered to UK museums at a price set by the independent Treasure Valuation Committee. Only if no museums want the find can the treasure be privately sold or kept.
WKl8 TIL Black Americans preferred staying with British Soldiers during WWII due to the abuse their fellow Americans hurled at them. Americans even tried to implement segregation in the UK.
KOAXa TIL John F Kennedy once had a 2 year long affair with beauty queen and actress Inga Arvad, even coming very close to marrying her. The relationship ended when Joe Kennedy discovered Ms Arvad had another man in her life- the one and only Adolf Hitler- and was under FBI surveillance as a result.
KOjRR TIL the Constitution of the State of Alabama is the longest constitutional document in the world, by a huge margin.
kXog TIL the term “American Cheese” does not apply to an actual kind of cheese (e.g. Cheddar, Swiss, etc.) but rather processed cheese containing two or more varieties of cheese