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TIL Milk must be offered at every meal if a United States school district wishes to get reimbursement from the federal government.

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EeyP TIL there is a town in Australia where the entire town (200+ people) live underground in abandoned mines. Residents here have electricity and plumbing, and have been known to find vast amounts of Opal when renovating.
VM750 TIL that since psilocybin (the active ingredient in magic mushrooms) is a known molecule, it cannot be patented. BUT the way it’s made and used can be. Already organizations and companies are applying for and getting patents for their synthesis process.
1NQr TIL that a single banana is called a finger and bunch of bananas is called a hand
9w78B TIL that a school teacher once won a free trip to outer space but the rocket ship blew up and all the astronauts died
nl6Y TIL the 1998 sci-fi film “Lost in Space” is referred to by some as “the Iceberg” because it ended Titanic’s 15-week run as number one at the box office