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TIL that most Chinese people have never tasted cheese and consider it barbaric

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4kRG6 TIL that The Hershey company (chocolates) and The Hershey Creamery Company (ice-crea) are not related, though both were founded in Lancaster County, PA in 1894 by men whose surnames were Hershey and who were not related to each other. The two companies have had bitter trademark disputes for decades.
mxoLR TIL The Swoon Hypothesis says Jesus did not die on the cross. He fell unconscious and woke up later. Early proponents say Jesus pretended to die, using drugs given by Luke, and revived later by Jospeh. This was to appear a spiritual Messiah and get Israel to abandon the idea of a political Messiah.
4gvR TIL that Russia was once ruled by an impostor who claimed to be Ivan the Terrible’s son. He is now known as “False Dmitry”, and it’s never been certain who he really was.
5RKD TIL the reason your body temp raises while you have a fever is because most bacteria cannot reproduce above 102°F
eO6b TIL that the Iranian crown jewels are considered so valuable that they are still used as a reserve to back Iranian currency.