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TIL Kraft Singles cannot legally be referred to as ‘Cheese’.

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v1wZK TIL that cannibals call humans “long pig” due to the sweet, pork-like flavor that they say is characteristic of human flesh.
MevK8 TIL that in the 1800s, mental asylum staff thought it would be a good idea to add a tall stone lookout tower that mentally ill patients could climb up for 'breathtaking views'. Many patients committed suicide by jumping out the tower's open windows.
JYXAk TIL about Goose Pulling, where people would tie a goose upside down and grease its neck, then ride past it and try to pull its head off.
OoEle TIL Colorado has the highest low point of any state in the United States. The Arikaree River at the Kansas border has a low point of 3,317 ft (1,011 m)
0w5yv TIL heat lighting isn’t real. It’s just lightning too far off in the distance to hear the accompanying thunder in a storm.