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TIL a woman built a “Tree Troll” as a tribute to her deceased father. It’s made almost entirely out of paper mache

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o0J7 TIL that until 2015 a French law prohibited bakers in Paris from taking vacations at the same time, to avoid a bread shortage like the one that helped cause the French Revolution. Bakers met to decide who would be open in July and who would be open in August.
1djW TIL beef bacon is a real thing, and is popular in Muslim countries.
7nDb TIL You aren’t supposed to wear white after Labor Day due to an old fashion rule made by rich women to separate “Old Money” people from “New Money” people.
5Edp TIL that in the 70s the US government sprayed Paraquat (a poisonous herbicide) on marijuana fields in Mexico in order to help stop drug issues in Mexico however much of the treated plants showed up in the US market
rN7Ve TIL In 1947 a ship explosion in Texas City was so large that it knocked 2 planes out of the sky, killed hundreds, and injured more than 5000 people