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TIL that it is illegal in the US to trade futures contracts on onions and "motion picture box office receipts" due to the Onion Futures Act

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jE1n TIL Traces of cannabis have been found on Shakespeare’s pipe
e9Vb TIL Miracle Whip is a salad dressing, because the U.S. FDA requires that anything labeled as “mayonnaise” must contain a minimum of 65 percent vegetable oil by weight.
nZXP TIL there are nearly 20 mg of silver per kg of sewage sludge, making it nearly economically recoverable
mx9BR TIL that, unlike ants, termites have a King AND Queen of their colonies. This is because, also unlike ants, males survive after mating and spend the rest of their lives paired with their mated female.
e04Vb TIL that during WWI, France built a 'Fake Paris' near its capital city to confuse German pilots.