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TIL Schabziger, known in the USA/Canada as Sapsago, is a Swiss herb-green cheese from Glarus. A 1463 law marked it as Switzerland's oldest branded product, protected by the first documented trademark.

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oyGY TIL There was an armed interceptor version of the SR-71 called the YF-12. It was the largest manned interceptor ever made, and held several world records for speed and altitude. It was cancelled after the secretary of defense held funding so it could be spent in the Vietnam war.
mn7x TIL Millionaire Harris Rosen gave a Florida neighborhood free daycare and scholarships to all high school graduates. This raised the graduation rate from 25% to 100% and cut crime in half.
j5bn Til that a pregnant 20 year old women has a 1 in 2000 chance of her baby having Down syndrome, a 45 year old woman 1 in 30, a 49 year old 1 in 10.
Wk4jd TIL that in 1981, three german tourists camped at Buchingham Palace, after mistaking it for a public park.
nx9B TIL Jay-Z and Busta Rhymes went to the same high school and battled in the cafeteria once….