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TIL The Chinese, as a nation, are not keen on dairy foods and many are uncomfortable with the very idea of cheese, with the exception of the south-western province of Yunnan

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Oo8WR TIL of the "Fighting McCook" family of Ohio. Two brothers, Daniel & John, & thirteen of their sons were involved in the Union army, making the family one of the most prolific in American military history. Six McCooks reached the rank of brigadier general or higher.
ADXAB TIL that the Sun costantly produce a roar of around 290 decibels. If sound could travel in space, it would still be around 125db by the time it reaches Earth, around 13 years later: around the volume of a jackhammer
5YDgR Today I learned that a thousand year old garlic and onion medical recipe was an effective antibiotic ointment.
XEd5R TIL that in Japanese schools students are required to have straight black hair and white underwear. A Student was ordered to dye her hair black every four days and was excluded from a school trip because it still “wasn’t black enough.
5VXoR TIL Mountain Dew was invented by Barney and Ally Hartman to be used as a whiskey mix as they couldn't purchase their favorite lemon-lime mixer in Knoxville, TN.