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TIL that Ben & Jerry’s has a real “Flavor Graveyard” for discontinued ice creams.

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4gLa TIL Michael Jackson and Freddie Mercury were going to make a collaborative album but Freddie quit because Jackson demanded his pet llama come into the studio with him.
VN8Z TIL that approximately 90% of our serotonin production happens in our gut.
GY9rG TIL that Mr. Rogers once convinced the Senate to fund PBS instead of the Vietnam war.
4kAeN TIL In Ancient China, chopsticks were invented and used for cooking, not eating. Because of their length, they were perfect for reaching into pots of hot water or oil. One reason was that before the Han dynasty, millet was predominant in North China, Korea and parts of Japan.
16Xe4 TIL in 1939, Singer, the sewing machine company, produced 500 extremely high quality 1911 Pistols as an educational study for the DoD. It was the highest quality production of the entire war effort.