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TIL A Canadian police officer was busted smuggling in cheese from the US. Fixed pricing on dairy has created a cheese black market within the country.

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W7dkN TIL the original endowment for the Smithsonian was lost due to being invested in bad treasury bonds issued by Arkansas, and had to be restored with new funds from Congress with interest. It was the equivalent to $220 million dollars adjusted for inflation and GDP.
Kpe4 TIL there’s a mental illness called Cotard Delusion in which the affected person holds the delusional belief that they are already dead, putrefying or don’t exist.
wLoWo TIL hippos can't swim. Their bodies are too dense to float so they just walk along the riverbed. They also sleep while underwater - a reflex bobs them up to take a breath.
4kR0o TIL: Some American chocolate brands (like hershey’s) add butyric acid to longer shelf life of the chocolate, here why some chocolates smells like vomit
6EaQX TIL that despite being the second most subscribed channel on YouTube, little is known about the company that produces children's channel Cocomelon. Both the Wall Street Journal and Wired Magazine have investigated and been unable to find anything.