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TIL there is no discernible difference in the taste of white cheddar and yellow, or orange, cheddar cheese.

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8ew9a TIL that the 9 occurrences of the word "unicorn" in the Bible KJV are perhaps a case of translation struggling to stay true to the original. The term "unicorn" in the Bible KJV is a translation of the Hebrew word "re'em", which actually means "wild ox."
v1op8 TIL the words you use when questioning witnesses greatly affects their answer. They showed study participants video of a car crash and asked them to estimate the speed. Their estimates got progressively larger when using the verbs contacted, hit, bumped, collided, smashed in the question.
nW8eB TIL that John Argyropoulos, a Greek philospher, died by consuming too much of watermelon.
Aorx TIL that there are 7 countries where you can be put to death for being an atheist. In all seven countries, Islam is the state religion
X4nX TIL in 2007 a Belgian senatorial candidate posed nude and promised voters 40,000 blowjobs in a campaign ad. She didn’t win.