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xVlDw TIL cheese is high in tyramine, an amino acid linked to migraines. Monterey Jack and mozzarella have low tyramine, making them preferable substitutes for migraine sufferers.
G5o5 TIL Peanut butter in a plastic jar at the supermarket usually has a sell-by date of about 18 months after it hits the shelf. Past this date, if it’s unopened it’s still perfectly good. Opened, peanut butter will slowly develop off-flavors of rancid nuts over the next five or so years.
OJeg TIL that during WWII, American and British Commanders successfully pressured the Free French forces to liberate Paris with an “Only White” division, despite despite whites only making up 40% of the total army.
kaWe TIL China’s pet markets make most of their money on ill animals. Vendors perform tabletop plastic surgery to make sickly mutts resemble more valuable breeds, then pump them full of new blood laced with painkillers and stimulants. The dogs are known as “week dogs,” because they die in seven days.
Y7yKr TIL there are 3 main types of circus clowns in a traditional clown trio: The Whiteface Clown (leading clown, most important), the Contra-Auguste Clown (imitator of the Whiteface clown and mediator, second most important), the Auguste Clown (submissive to the Whiteface clown, least important)