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TIL that more than half of the brandy produced by Korbel is consumed in the state of Wisconsin

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o8gE TIL a statue in France has been retrofitted with a detachable penis because people kept stealing the regular one. Authorities store the penis for safekeeping and reattach it for special events.
5Vx78 TIL you used to be able to buy flight insurance from a vending machine for 25c. The practice stopped due to scams, including a man who tried to commit insurance fraud by planting a bomb in his mother's things, killing 44 people
GwpN TIL New York City has undercover police cars that look just like yellow cabs, used for everything from catching minor traffic violations to intelligence gathering
41Xo TIL Norway introduced sushi salmon to Japan in the 1980s
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