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TIL In 2007 it was reported that only 4 percent of olive oil leaving Italy was pure Italian olive oil due to counterfeiting which is as profitable as cocaine smuggling with half the risk.

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Wk4dY TIL Steve Martin's Rope Tricks in the "3 Amigos" Were a Skill He Picked Up While Working at Disneyland in His Younger Days.
Wk8ZA TIL about the Most Unwanted Song, a musical piece that was created using a survey to identify what people hated most in music. The final result included out of tune accordions and bagpipes, a rapping cowboy opera singer, and a children's choir that urged listeners to shop at Walmart.
m1EQY TIL that some families in China, when a relative dies, go through a 3 years period called "Filial Mourning", during this period they must refrain from any form of celebration, like parties, weddings, birthdays, etc.
neJmB TIL that Basque sailors didn’t die of scurvy because they drank 3 liters of cider everyday which, unbeknownst to them, contains vitamin C.
yQMd8 TIL that nearly every country except the United States has made it policy to not attack dams