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TIL Oregon is the fastest speaking state in the US

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ADeWl TIL many brands of "ice cream" (such as Breyer's and Dreyer's) sold in the US is technically NOT ice cream, but is labeled as a "frozen dairy dessert" as they do not contain an adequate amount of milk fat (10%) to actually be considered true "Ice Cream"
wLNL7 TIL that Frasier was filmed in Paramount Studios in LA (1993-2004) and as the studios were also used by Star Trek: The Next Generation (87-94), Deep Space 9 (93-99), Voyager (95-01), Enterprise (01-05) there are a total of 262 cast & crew shared credits with Frasier (details in comments)
BPvW TIL the sperm whale was named after a semi-liquid, waxy substance found in the whale’s head that researchers mistakingly thought was semen
Wkp1d TIL that Steam was originally created so Valve didn't have to keep shutting off Counter-Strike servers to fix issues with the game.
7raQb TIL that the album "Jazz from Hell" by Frank Zappa was sold with a "Parental Advisory" sticker despite being completetly instrumental.