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GYO74 TIL about the world's oldest cured ham. It was overlooked on its hook at Gwaltney Foods in 1902 and hung from a rafter for twenty years. The company owner then declared it his pet ham, put a collar on it, and took it to exhibitions. It's now in a museum in Isle of Wight County, VA. It has a Twitter.
9enr TIL There are two styles of ginger ale: golden and dry. Dry is the only style produced by major soda companies.
5AEQ TIL Eric Cartman of South Park has committed 42 crimes, including Murder, Cannabilism, Unlicensed Surgery and Terrorism
yVV6a TIL about the Demon Core, a spherical 6.2 kg. mass of plutonium intented to be a third nuclear weapon against Japan. After Japan surrended, it was kept in the US where it caused the death of two Nuclear Physicists.
9ANM TIL Russia, Corsica and Israel have raised monuments to mosquitofish, commemorating their role in defeating malaria in the early 20th century