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TIL 99% of consumer grade fireworks are made in China

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eGGL TIL the Goldman family was given legal ownership of OJ Simpson’s cancelled book “If I Did It.” They republished with a new cover hiding the word “If” so the title appeared to be “I Did It.”
oB0Vr TIL the world's oldest human-made gold treasure dates back to the period between 4,500 BC and 4,000 BC is found in Varna, Bulgaria.
grwND TIL that personal ovens were generally outlawed in medieval France, and commoners were compelled to use communal ovens, for a fee, to bake things like bread.
gr7G4 TIL Switzerland prohibits the ownership of just one guinea pig. Since guinea pigs are such social creatures, one guinea pig would get lonely so having just one is considered animal abuse in Switzerland.
x6Ppk TIL John Quincy Adams (the sixth U.S. president) met both George Washington and Abraham Lincoln (the first and 16th).