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TIL Buddhism predicts its own demise. We are currently in the second thousand years of the Dharma-Ending stage and there are 9000 years left before all Buddhist teachings have been lost or forgotten.

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e0dk4 TIL the US state that produces the most dairy is California, not Wisconsin
kOmKe TIL According to the National Hot Dog and Sausage Council, hot dogs began being sold in packs of 10 to meet an ideal retail weight target per package, whereas hot dog buns are sold by 8 because baking trays normally can fit 8 rolls.
rjV0 TIL that Harry Whittington, the man Dick Cheney shot in the face in a hunting accident, revealed in 2010 that Cheney has neither publicly nor privately apologized to Whittington for the shooting.
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