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TIL Ben and Jerry’s has a real physical graveyard in Vermont for retired ice cream flavours

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P1Lnn TIL the terms Red States and Blue States was not widely used until the 2000 US Presidential Election
Ypr0v TIL that the February and October Revolutions of 1917 actually occurred in March and November, respectively. This is because Tsarist Russia used the Julian calendar at the time, which the Bolsheviks changed to the Gregorian calendar after the revolution.
LQ199 TIL a common year (aka non-leap year) begins and ends on the same day of the week
78bO TIL the pilot scripts for Arrested Development came with a cover letter which warned cast members that there would be no fancy trailers and no tolerance for diva-like behavior (and 8 more facts about the show you might not know)
Z5vG TIL India is considered the “pharmacy of the developing world” and delivers affordable medicines to poor people all around the world by exporting 50% of of its $10bn annual generic medicine production.