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TIL The creator of Dippin' Dots was originally researching a more efficient way to feed cows and farm animals with frozen pellets when he realized the cryogenic application for ice cream.

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69VNl TIL Irish immigrants almost solely bought their meat from kosher butchers. And what we think of today as Irish corned beef is actually Jewish corned beef thrown into a pot with cabbage and potatoes.
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