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TIL American Cheese cannot legally be sold as cheese in America

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VBv70 TIL: Bone Thugs-n-Harmony's album "E. 1999 Eternal" was loosely based on the Sega Genesis game Eternal Champions- The bad ending theme being the basis of the original "Crossroad", which would later be remixed, becoming the group's biggest single and earning them a Grammy.
x9po TIL William Shakespeare’s final place of residence, New Place, was demolished by the very person who purchased it in 1756. Reverend Francis Gastrell was frustrated by all the tourist visiting Shakespear’s former house that in 1759 he demolished it. The man was kicked out of the town because of it.
lWEN TIL Alligators will give manatees the right of way if they are swimming near each other.
Zpd8Q Today I learned that a man can survive two atomic bombs in a gap of two days and still live till the age of 93 - Tatsuo Yamaguchi.
8Wgb TIL William McGonagall, notorious as an extremely bad poet, was said to be “so giftedly bad he backed unwittingly into genius”.