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TIL There is a 100 year old cheesery up for grabs to a worthy apprentice in Canada. 80 yr old Monk is seeking an heir to pass on this special age old tradition of cheese making.

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BgJbx TIL Acadia (AD-42) was a Yellowstone class destroyer in the the United States Navy. She was the first ship to have a wartime mixed-sex crew and was nicknamed "The Love Boat" in the Persian Gulf War after 10% of its crew became pregnant during deployment.
kPrd TIL that 5 minutes before John McCain’s ship was set to leave Rio de Janeiro in 1957, he showed up in a gull-wing Mercedes driven by Brazil’s top model, who kissed him before he climbed aboard.
0w76y TIL Bluejays feathers aren't actually blue! Instead the pigment in their feathers (melanin) is brown and we perseve it as blue. Natures trickery.
gMrr4 TIL that William Henry Harrison only spent a month in office.
W7pDd TIL that lack of sleep is more likely to kill you faster than starvation according to psychiatrists