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Til that most olive oil is real and California olive oil manufacturers made up the study about the Mafia and fake olive oil in Italy.

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a8L5N TIL Sprite can break down acetaldehyde, a metabolite of ethanol, making it an effective cure for hangovers.
npRr TIL that when Julius Caesar had Cato the Younger removed from the Senate for going against him, many other senators left as well. When Caesar asked one why he was leaving the Senator said he’d rather be in jail with Cato than in the Senate with Caesar
xb7g TIL that before Neil deGrasse Tyson went on The Daily Show, he paid attention to how many sentences Jon Stewart usually allowed before interrupting. He picked up on the kind of phrases Stewart liked to pick up on, which is why he described astronomy using sexually suggestive language.
yQyv TIL that a South Carolina woman was fined $445 for having “truck nutz” on her vehicle.
X8rD TIL Judy Garland was put on a diet while filming The Wizard of Oz. The diet consisted of chicken soup, coffee and 80 cigarettes a day. She was 16 years old.