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TIL that mozzarella is generally not sold packaged in a brine in North America

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Kp4 TIL that in the 18th century, to discreetly tax rich people more, Scotland, England and France imposed window taxes based on the number of windows your residence had. To this day you can see many bricked over windows from that time.
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