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

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neBGG TIL Locals in North Carolina raise ostriches and emus for meat, eggs and leather, along with emu oil, which is a natural moisturizer with anti-inflammatory properties.
YpWBd TIL officially recognised as a religion, & originally started as a mixture of Hindu and Buddhist beliefs, Aum Shinrikyo gradually became a doomsday cult, convinced that World War3 was coming. It became increasingly violent, killing opponents, & killing 12 in a sarin attack on Tokyo underground.
j6K9R TIL that North America contains both the largest oceanic island and the largest inland island in the world, Greenland and Manitoulin Island in Lake Superior.
LQBZp TIL only two people won $1 million on Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader: the superintendent of Georgia public schools, and a Nobel Prize winner in physics
nvkd TIL that cop-killer Philip Workman declined a last meal, instead requesting that a large vegetarian pizza be given to a homeless person in Nashville. His request was denied, but in response, people all over the state donated pizzas to homeless shelters.