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TIL what "Kiefing" means

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R7xx9 TIL: Old vine, a common description on wine labels, indicates that a wine is the product of grape vines that are notably old. However, there is no legal or generally agreed definition for old.
X0P9k TIL that in December 2022, 11 Crumbl Cookies franchises across six U.S. states were fined by the Department of Labor for violations of child labor laws by hiring minors. In total, the Crumbl franchisees were fined $57,854.
8aROL TIL in 1984 a group of paleontologists ate a buffalo stew that had been frozen for 30,000 years. The flavor was reported as tough with an earthy mushroom smell.
0wVRp TIL Norway had the biggest merchant fleet during WW2 with over 1000 ships, and shipped 40% of the fuel to the allies during WW2. The British PM Winston Churchill and the US President Franklin Roosevelt stated that “Nortraship is worth more for the Allied cause than a million soldiers on the ground”
ZLxp TIL a British soldier in WWII sent a taunting message to Hitler saying “You said in your last speech German troops would meet the British wherever they landed. Where are your troops?”