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

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DQ5Np TIL that ants are descended from a flightless ancestor of wasps
78EGb TIL Motorcycles in China are dictated by law to be decommissioned and destroyed in 13 years after registration regardless of the conditions
gMjPX TIL Melungeons are any of numerous "tri-racial isolate" groups of people of the Southeastern United States. They did not exhibit characteristics that can be classified as those of a single racial phenotype.
x8Bw TIL violin strings have been made from 5000 strands of spider silk. They produce ‘a soft and profound timbre’ when played
BrXrk TIL that Pablo Picasso demanded his mistresses to be submissive and shorter than him. He thought women were "either goddesses or doormats". Dora Maar, one of his lovers, called him "an extraordinary artist but morally worthless".