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TIL that some corndogs are made from chicken instead of pork

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wL40P TIL That "French onion dip" was originally called California dip since it was invented by an unknown cook in Los Angeles in 1954 where the recipe was originally published in the newspaper. The name "French onion dip" began to be used in the 1960s, and became more popular in the 1990s.
x6ye1 TIL that America's first war was to prevent African pirates from taking Americans and Europeans as slaves.
970B TIL You Could Fit All the Planets in the Solar System Between the Earth and the Moon.
VMlXQ TIL about the "sponge cities" in China. The scheme means that Wuhan and other areas in the scheme will have 20% of their urban land include "sponge features" (such as rain gardens and wetlands) by 2020 with an aim of retaining 70% of storm and flood water.
JP48 TIL India is no longer listed as a Developing Country and is considered as a Newly Industrialized Country along with Brazil, Mexico, China, South Africa etc