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TIL that Oreos contain no milk and are actually considered vegan

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nWxgG TIL that some of the stones used in the creation of Stonehenge were bluestones from the Preseli Hills in western Wales and may have been chosen for their acoustic properties.
0QYv TIL warheads candies are more acidic than stomach acid and approach the pH level of sulfuric acid.
gMj44 TIL "Strange Fruit" is a song recorded by Billie Holiday in 1939. It protests the lynching of Black Americans, with lyrics that compare the victims to the fruit of trees. The song has been called "a declaration of war" and "the beginning of the civil rights movement".
6EaOm TIL that New Zealand is not (officially) part of any continent. It is, however, a part of Zealandia, a mostly submerged continental shelf that many consider to be the eighth continent.
N9DP TIL that the dog who played Wishbone on the 1990s children’s show of the same name was named Soccer and was a veteran television commercial actor before appearing on the series. He lived from 1988 to 2001 and is buried on the Plano, Texas ranch where Wishbone was filmed.