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TIL that, like champagne, tequila is a designation of origin product and must be grown in the Tequila Valley to be called tequila.

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R7pg4 TIL a Saudi man, who was then the heaviest person alive and the second heaviest person ever recorded at 1340lbs (610kg) in 2013, was ordered by his King to lose weight. He then lost 1195lbs, and in 2017, weighed just 150lbs(68kg).
R5RQ8 TIL In China more than 40 million people live in caves
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ZpGYp TIL chemist Sherwood Rowland won the Nobel Prize for discovering that CFCs damage the ozone, which shields Earth from UV radiation. His work led to the Montreal Protocol, a global treaty to phase out CFCs, helping heal the ozone.