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TIL Cheddar Cheese is never naturally orange

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5vRr TIL that Nikita Khrushchev made a speech denouncing Stalin that was so shocking it caused heart attacks for some in attendance and others committed suicide afterwards.
1a8Jd TIL wood frogs are the only frogs that live north of the Arctic circle. Their deep-freeze period can extend up to 8 months a year, making them among the longest hibernators of any vertebrate. Wood frogs are able to survive long harsh winters owing to a buildup of glucose and urea in their systems.
x60oD TIL there is a disease called Maple Syrup Urine Disease, an inhereted genetic disorder which causes your urine to smell like maple syrup within 48 hours of child birth, that when untreated leads to metabolic crisis (comas, seizures, spasms) eventually causing death.
Ra79 TIL that the Ku Klux Klan successfully adopted a road in Missouri. The Missouri state legislature fought back by renaming the road after civil rights icon Rosa Parks.
LQxwV TIL that in 1996, the captain and flight engineer of a colombian cargo flight decided to prank their novice first officer by giving him control of the plane and shutting off two engines. The plane stalled immediately after takeoff and crashed into a neigbourhood, killing 22 people