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TIL: There are cochineal bugs in our food and drink

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X1Qr TIL Twenty years ago 29,000 rubber ducks fell overboard and they still float around the seas.
W79ZN TIL because of the continuing ongoing dispute between Canada & USA over the Machias Seal Island, anyone who is born on it is given the claim of dual citizenship of both countries.
Brvay TIL that St. Claire of Assisi, who died in 1253 A.D., was named the Patron Saint of Television by Pope Pius XII in 1958, based on an incident in which she claimed the moving image and sound of a Catholic Mass had been miraculously projected on the wall of her room when she was too sick to attend.
nePgd TIL that Michael Bay's science fiction film "Armageddon" received the prestigious Criterion Collection treatment, dedicated to publishing important classic and contemporary films from around the world.
9YjJ6 TIL, You aren't supposed to store potatoes beside onions. Onions give off a gas to age potatoes faster