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TIL Worcestershire Sauce has a double-strength version known as Rochester Sauce used in the food production industry.

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kQ41 TIL Battle of Pelusium (525 BC) Persian soldiers used cats as shields as Egyptian religion forbade harm towards cats.
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M71lV TIL that Australian director George Miller worked as an emergency physician while making short films. The prevalence of vehicle accidents and Australia’s enthusiasm for automobiles inspired him to write and film “Mad Max”.
nebZr TIL that as a percentage of world population, China's population has declined from 37% to 19% since 1750.
8yL TIL the Higgs Boson was originally nicknamed “the Goddamn Particle” not “the God Particle”.