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TIL There used to be mushroom farms in the Paris Catacombs
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TIL Russia has been stripped of 51 Olympic medals due to doping violations , 1/3 of the global total.
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TIL about Frisland, a "phantom" island off the coast of Greenland which, despite being nonexistent, was charted on nearly every map of the North Atlantic from the 1560s to the 1660s
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TIL the "Petticoat Duel" between Lady Almeria Braddock & Mrs. Elphinstone occurred in 1792. Braddock reportedly claimed to be under 30 years old & took offense when Elphinstone said she was over 60. Both missed with their pistols, but Braddock won after wounding Elphinstone when they moved to swords
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TIL Monterey Jack was a real person, and owned the dairy that first mass-produced the cheese.
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TIL the reason Amish men shave their mustaches, is bc they are conscientious objectors. They do not support war in any form or fashion, and because it was so commonplace for military men to be mustachioed, they do the opposite.