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TIL according to the USDA, grilled cheese and PBJ are not sandwiches. A sandwich is “a meat or poultry filling between two slices of bread, a bun, or a biscuit.”

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y7nX TIL modern science can turn other elements into gold (in microscopic amounts)
PYlJe TIL that kangaroos can pause their pregnancies for up to two years in times of hardship. Then start it up again when conditions improve.
D1ylg TIL Carolina Panthers owner / hedgefund billionaire David Tepper spent $43.5 million to buy his former boss's mansion just so he could raze it and build a bigger one in its place
Ypkxr TIL the first female doctor in Britain spent 56 years disguised as Dr. James Barry; a male Royal British Army surgeon. She was the first person to perform a successful C-section in British history and her true identity was only discovered after she rose to the rank of “Inspector General.”
N7Q0M TIL: In 1963, major league baseball pitcher Gaylord Perry remarked, "They'll put a man on the moon before I hit a home run." On July 20, 1969, an hour after Neil Armstrong set foot on the surface of the moon, Perry hit is first, and only, home run while playing for the San Francisco Giants.