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TIL Stilton blue cheese is known to frequently cause odd, vivid dreams

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XE1o6 TIL that only two countries in the world comprehensively tax the worldwide income of their citizens who reside abroad: Eritrea and the USA.
xVOab TIL that in 1971 an unidentified man hijacked a plane in the northwest United States, obtained $200,000 in ransom money (equivalent to $1,260,000 today) and parachuted into the night, never to be heard from again. Fifteen copycat hijackings were attempted in 1972, all of which were unsuccessful.
Gpa5 TIL there are only two places in the world where civilians are legally allowed to drive and fire tanks and one of them is in Minnesota.
OoJGR TIL Many products are getting smaller due to 'shrinkflation', for example Mars shrank its Maltesers, M&Ms by up to 15%. In the past, companies blamed the rising price of raw materials. Recently, these prices dropped back, but the shrinkage continued as manufacturers try to stealthily boost profits
Eg8rW TIL that the record for the longest gap between release and reaching number one on the Billboard charts was set by the Mariah Carey song "All I Want for Christmas Is You", which first reached number one in the United States 25 years after its release.