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TIL that in the US there is a "French Fry Certification Pin", created in 2024, there has only been 1 person who has been awarded it in it's history

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nlVP TIL The crime fiction author Patricia Cornwell was called “monstrously stupid” by the curator of a British museum for destroying a painting by Walter Sickert in search of proof he was Jack the Ripper
MeYbV TIL the reason why Amish grow beards but shave their mustaches is to represent their pacifism. The Amish associate mustaches with the military and thus they shave their mustaches to show they would never serve in warfare. The Amish who did serve did so in the Civilian Service Corps.
8xVP TIL reusable grocery bags need to be used over 100 times before they are better for the environment.
YpkdA TIL that 500,000 Papuans have been killed by the Indonesian military since 1969
NXd8e TIL about Southern Lights or Aurora Australis that are just like Northern Lights and can be observed from Antarctica, Chile, Argentina, South Africa, New Zealand, and Australia.