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TIL the USA prosecuted a farmer for growing Wheat rather than buying on the open market. His conviction was upheld by the Supreme Court.

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ZpdvY TIL: million dollar fancy houses in Mesa de Yeguas (colombia) do not have windows or walls as temperature is perfect and are not needed.
ZVko TIL its national sleepy head day in Finland. Where the last person asleep in the house is woken up by either being thrown into water or have water dumped on them.
yLJ8 TIL there are so many different types of apples, if you were to eat a new one everyday, it would take almost 20 years to try them all.
GYQLQ TIL that Van Halen stipulated in their performance contracts that a bowl of M&M's, with all of the brown M&M's removed, was to be placed in their dressing room. They didn't do this to be jerks, but as a simple test to see if more important safety and quality specifications were attended to as well.
jKRj TIL there has been an ongoing boycott against Nestlé since 1977 protesting their promotion of baby formula in developing countries