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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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kOgXg TIL the phrase survival of the fittest is popularly wrongly attributed to Charles Darwin. It was coined by a philosopher called Herbert Spencer seven years before Darwin's publication of his theory of natural history, The Origin of the Species.
69dmw TIL the country name 'East Timor' actually translates to 'East East' - in local Tetum language they refer to it as 'Timór Lorosa'e', which can translate to 'East Where The Sun Rises'
BrXVK TIL barns are painted red because old paint recipes contained ferrous oxide (rust). Rust was plentiful on farms and because it killed fungi and mosses that might grow on barns, and it was very effective as a sealant. It turned the mixture red in color.
M7rmb TIL that 1. Sir Jason Kenny 2. Sir Chris Hoy 3. Sir Steve Redgrave and 4. Sir Mo Farah who have respectively the most, 2nd most, 3rd most and 4th most olympic gold medals for Great Britain share the same birthday 23rd March (exactly 9 months after 23 June International olympic day)
6ELJQ TIL about Michel Lotito who ate an entire airplane.