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TIL American Cheese cannot legally be sold as cheese in America

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kdJ1 TIL sand from the Sahara is blown by the wind all the way to the Amazon, recharging its minerals. The desert literally fertilizes the rainforest.
Jpv4 TIL That Serial Killer Dennis Rader a.k.a. BTK asked the cops if it was safe to communicate via a Floppy Disk. After getting caught he couldn’t believe that cops had lied to him.
j4Wv TIL: A girl scout sold 117boxes in 2 hours in front of a pot dispensary.
grXrD TIL US oil company CITGO is owned by Venezuela's state-owned oil & gas company PDVSA
a8NQM TIL that in 1966 an engineer with limited flying experience inadvertently took off in an English fighter jet after engaging the afterburner by mistake