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TIL there is no butter (or dairy) in apple butter

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a86lL TIL dunce caps were originally a sign of high intelligence and wisdom. Philosopher and theologian John Duns Scotus was a proponent of pointy hats as a way to funnel knowledge to the mind and his followers, called Dunsmen, wore them. By the 1500s the Dunsmen fell out of favor as “behind the times”.
Lk0E0 TIL In 1926 Poland sent the United States a birthday card. With 5 million signatures.
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