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TIL learned that the US has a series of caves stockpiling 1.4 BILLION pounds of surplus cheese.

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1aPor TIL Karoshi, which can be translated literally as "overwork death", is a Japanese term relating to occupational sudden mortality. The phenomenon of death by overwork is also widespread in other parts of Asia. 745,194 deaths worldwide were attributable to long working hours in 2016, based on WHO/ILO.
P1MvG TIL Eating every course seperately is Service à la russe. Before this meals were service à la française where all courses were served at once. Ambassador Alexander Kurakin introduced Service à la russe to France in 1810 and it became the norm by the 1880s.
R5Kx4 TIL Coca-Cola still produces $3 billion worth of pure cocaine per year and sells it to opioid manufacturers
1a6rV TIL Ian McKellen was offered the role of Dumbledore after the death of Richard Harris. He turned it down because Harris once described McKellen as "technically brilliant, but passionless".
kbQB TIL there is a tree in Europe that is alive since 941, when the Byzantine Empire was at its peak.