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TIL cheese has morphine-like compound named casomorphin

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NwA8 TIL one of the founders of ex-gay conversion therapy Richard Socarides had a gay son whom he privately supported when he came out but continued to insist publicly that ex-gay conversion was possible and that the existence of gay people was caused by poor parenting.
lovKV TIL the Vienna Philharmonic did not accept women into the orchestra until 1997 when they granted full member status to a harpist who had been playing with the orchestra for 27 years
N7wPb TIL Dr. Seuss adopted his pen name after being caught drinking gin in his room during Prohibition. The dean insisted he resign from the Dartmouth Jack-O-Lantern magazine where he was editor-in-chief, but he continued writing using the Seuss pseudonym.
YpOZB TIL a high school football coach was arrested after he vandalized his own school and tried to blame a rival school by spray painting their logo next to insults aimed at his fellow players and coaches. He’d hoped to motivate his team to win against them in an upcoming game. They lost.
WVb4 TIL Steve Irwin and Charles Darwin owned the same tortoise.