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TIL Tomato ketchup was introduced to the United States in 1834 as a purported medicine and sold in pill form.

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Q5bE TIL male puppies are gentlemen. While play-fighting, they’ll let the female puppies win on purpose.
XEW6j TIL that margarine was illegal in Canada until 1948, and was smuggled in from Newfoundland. In order for Newfoundland to join Canada, They amended the Constitution to protect their margarine production.
rR0jy TIL since 2015, Sesame Street has been funded by HBO due to PBS funding issues
R7kGa TIL One of the methods used for identifying witches in the Salem Witch Trials, was to bake affected girls urine in a cake, feed it to a dog, and the controlling witch would then supposedly cry out in pain.
ANk8g TIL many Irish weddings include playing the song “Rock the Boat” which starts a group dance where everyone sits on the dance floor, legs splayed in a conga line pretending to row a boat