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TIL oranges aren't naturally occuring, and the first ones weren't even orange

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78M7X Til that by 1910, 10% of tuberculosis cases were caused by raw milk consumption, and by 1938 25% of all food/waterborne disease was linked to unpasteurized milk, regardless of farm hygiene or symptomatic status of the animal. This predates factory farming.
XE8ZE TIL that he production of Nutella uses one-quarter of the world's annual hazelnut supply.
R7ngl TIL Marshmallows were originally made from from the mallow plant, which grows in marshes..
Y7LvW TIL the supervillain Harley Quinn was originally intended to be a one-episode background character in the 90's Batman Animated Series, and was almost scrapped until her creator hired his college friend Arleen Sorkin to do a voice for her based on a clown character she played
6a17 TIL of Steve Leech, a milkman who was doing his rounds, when he saw a shop on fire. He used 320 pints of milk to put it out, and was credited with saving 7 other stores. He received the award for “Hero Milkman of the Millennium.”