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TIL what the most stolen food in the world is!! ... Cheese!!!

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5W6B TIL that due to an obscure subculture, there are more restored 1950s American cars in Sweden than in the entire USA
4kOmw TIL in 1800’s New York City, pigs roamed freely and ate trash in the streets. When city government attempted to ban them in 1821, pig owners refused and rioted, causing the government to suspend their efforts. Over the next 28 years, owners continued to riot anytime the city tried to ban pigs.
VMLVm TIL on Saturday night (30 March '12), the Chief of the Israeli Navy gave a surprise order for 3 ships to prepare to leave for a 10-day exercise; the men on the ships worked all night only to learn the next morning (1 April '12) that it was all an April Fool's Day joke.
nWag9 TIL that actress Bette Davis became the first female lifeguard for Ogunquit Beach, Maine in 1926.
Gmm5 TIL that the maggot was the first animal approved by the FDA as a medical device. Maggots are very effective in cleaning dead tissue, disinfecting open wounds and stimulating healthy tissue growth.