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TIL only 200 people have passed the three day master sommelier diploma exam over 40 years, making it the hardest test in the world.

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V1N0 TIL many languages do not have separate words for blue and green, they are considered different shades of the same colour.
0wZGM TIL in 1990 the grand marshal of the LA Gay Pride Parade was an 82 year old retired straight female professor. Her research in the 50s led to homosexuality no longer being considered a mental illness in the United States.
epnEE TIL An estimated 1-3% of the population is virtually allergic to much of their food, especially processed or canned food and may not know it: Histamine Intolerance: the Current State of the Art
M7Gx8 TIL about Callin’ Oates: the emergency Hall and Oates hotline (+1-719-266-2837)
GYXy5 TIL one prisoner, who was spending his time at the Baltimore City Detention Center, ended up getting four female prison guards pregnant. Thanks to that, he made around $20,000 in smuggled items.