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TIL olive oil adulteration is the #1 source of agricultural fraud in the EU.

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YpenB TIL that Leonard Nimoy was a taxi driver before he got his start on Star Trek, and once gave JFK a cab ride during the 1956 presidential race when Kennedy was a potential Vice president candidate
V7Xk TIL there was a song written in the 1630s that was performed only in the Sistine Chapel. The Vatican kept the composition of the piece secret for 150 years until the 14-year-old Mozart listened to the piece two times, transcribed it from memory, and produced the first unauthorized copy of the song.
NZZQ TIL during the Iraq-Iran War, the United States shot down an Iranian civilian plane, killing 260 people. The US claimed it was outside civilian airspace and didn’t respond to radio calls. Both claims have been found untrue, but the US has yet to apologize.
OoayX TIL Of Leo Ryan, a congressman who was sent to investigate Jonestown who was murdered on orders of Jim Jones, along with an NBC news crew shortly before the infamous mass suicide
JJQQ TIL After 24 years, scientists had to stop drilling the deepest hole on Earth when at 12.2 km, temperatures exceeded 350F.