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TIL most wasabi sold in the US is just horseradish with food coloring.

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Rj0w TIL That 3D cameras aren’t a modern thing but have been around since the 1800’s and there are loads of 3D WW1 photos.
gYbA TIL: Wine-tasting is mostly junk science.
awxy9 TIL Margaret Thatcher performed a short live sketch with "Yes Minister" actors portraying their characters Jim Hacker and Humphrey during an award ceremony, and Creator Jonathan Lynn thanked Thatcher "for taking her rightful place in the field of situation comedy."
b6ggj TIL Most people with peanut allergies can still consume highly refined peanut oil
A40d TIL that in the 1880s, a man tried to make a living by jumping off bridges to gain fame and recognition. After he died penniless jumping off a low bridge on a drunken bet, his mother was quoted as saying: “I told him that jumping off bridges was a poor way of earning a living.”