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TIL Cheddar cheese is orange because they add color from the annatto fruit

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GY8Jj TIL seven journalists were the pallbearers for Lee Harvey Oswald because no mourners were on hand except for his immediate family.
5VLbn TIL the last mail stage robbery in the Old West occurred near Jarbidge, Nevada, in 1916. During this incident, mail carrier Fred Searcy was killed, and $4,000 was stolen—a sum that was never recovered. Ben Kuhl was caught and was the first person convicted of murder based on palm print evidence.
ZwEG TIL Alexey Pajitnov, the creator of TETRIS(1984) did not receive any royalties from one of the most popular video game titles until 1996 as the rights were owned by his employer the Soviet government.
a8JmM TIL Andrew Carnegie became one of the richest Americans in history before donating most of his wealth to charity. However, at his childhood job in the mid-1800s, he earned only $1.20 for 72 working hours. In 2023 dollars, Carnegie earned around $46 per week or 63 cents/hour.
yQgo8 TIL Coco Chanel, famous fashion designer, was a Nazi sympathizer and agent