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TIL Saccharin(sweetener in Sweet'n Low) is derived from coal tar

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JAAj TIL the Japanese school year is 11 months long and is 6 days a week, and students do chores
ANdmd TIL the longest wedding veil was over 63 football fields long, with by maria paraskeva, from cyprus in 2018
BleW TIL Mel Blanc’s (the voice of almost every Looney Toons character) grave stone in the Hollywood Forever Cemetery has the words “That’s All Folks” written on it.
l7leN TIL the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth was one of the largest and most populous countries of 16th to 17th-century Europe, covering an area of almost 1,000,000 square kilometres, and having a multi-ethnic population of almost 12 million. Polish and Latin were the two co-official languages.
kLBm TIL Van Gogh didn’t cut off his own ear; he made up that story to protect his friend, who cut it off with a sword during a heated argument.