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TIL The actor who played the Janitor on the TV show Scrubs, mostly improvised his lines.

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Me8oW TIL that gold has its own E number, E175, and can be consumed by all religious groups, vegans and vegetarians.
69ynw TIL Mississippi did not complete ratification and certification of the 13th amendment (outlawing slavery) until 1995 and 2013
e0LDn TIL the USDA classifies batter-coated french fries as a "fresh vegetable"
5pKp TIL sea level rise is attributed to ice melting on land, not ice melting on the sea. Like a glass of water with ice; the volume doesn’t change when it melts, so we need to beware of Greenland and Antarctica’s ice melting.
v1Zwx TIL China was one of the only places in the world that did not release Elvis Presley's music at the time of its initial release. The few Elvis fans who managed to get their hands on his records often saw the material set ablaze by Red Guards and the government denounced his music as pornography