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TIL that Vermont requires by law that all restaurants serving apple pie must serve it with cold milk, cheddar cheese or vanilla ice cream.

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vWKL TIL that when switching languages, multilingual people also switch their personalities
awYM0 TIL that someone has placed a gnome garden at the bottom of Wast Water lake in England. It was removed by police after three divers died while searching for it, but it is rumored to have reappeared at a point deeper than police are allowed to dive.
vr0r TIL of Dr. Jerri Nielsen, a doctor stationed at the South Pole who diagnosed, biopsied and treated her own breast cancer during the overwinter period when the crew is normally isolated from the outside world. In complete darkness, medical equipment had to be airdropped from military aircraft.
5YQQk TIL medieval and old stairwells go clockwise because an attacker would need to use their right hand to steady themselves and their left hand to hold a sword whereas a defender would hold a sword in their right and steady themselves on their left.
6EZam TIL: "Preformationism" was the historical belief that sperm were actually fully-developed miniature men who grew into a fetus once deposited inside the womb.