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TIL That the NRA has a lightsaber in their “Treasure Collection” of Guns

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xMpk TIL a group of Scientists have discovered that cheese contains a protein that the human body recognizes in a fashion similar to addictive drugs, called “casomorphins,” or “casein-derived morphine-like compounds,” prompting one researcher to refer to cheese as “dairy crack.”
9Y5kX TIL Betsy Ross almost certainly didn't make the first American flag. In fact she wasn't credited with making the flag until almost 100 years after the revolution.
ZMwR TIL the term “piss poor” originally referred to families who literally had to sell their own urine to make money.
PYeyE TIL that, under Genghis Khan, the Mongol Empire was a Meritocracy (government by people promoted on a basis of Merit rather than Nepotism)
gLJA TIL Jeffrey Dahmer would taunt prison employees by shaping his food into severed limbs, complete with ketchup to simulate blood