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TIL the “fancy” label on some ketchup is actually a USDA grade.

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Oo1Va TIL about India's mysterious Special Frontier Force (SFF) unit, which has been instrumental in occupying some key heights on the LAC with China in Ladakh to thwart any occupation by the Chinese troops.
G84N TIL: There’s an anime and manga in Japan called Saint Young Men, which is about Jesus and Buddha living as roommates in Tokyo while taking a vacation on Earth and attempting to understand Japanese society.
eVWJ TIL Stuart Copeland, drummer from the band “The Police” created the music for “Spyro the Dragon” on the original PlayStation.
QJ0vd TIL Thurgood Marshall, the first black Supreme Court Justice, liked to poke fun at his conservative colleagues. He would greet the Chief Justice with "What's shakin', Chiefy Baby?"
6a17 TIL of Steve Leech, a milkman who was doing his rounds, when he saw a shop on fire. He used 320 pints of milk to put it out, and was credited with saving 7 other stores. He received the award for “Hero Milkman of the Millennium.”