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TIL The US has a $4billion stockpile of milk fat for cheese and butter that is sitting in a cave in Missouri.

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a8A6L TIL that Lord Byron kept a bear with him during his time at Trinity College, in defiance of the college's rule of not allowing students to keep dogs
b95Nj TIL that back in Roman times they used to celebrate the new year in the month of the first harvest after winter, which was March. That makes March the first month of the year, and Sept Oct Nov and Dec indeed the 7th, 8th, 9th and 10th months.
wPwo TIL that there is a Bollywood remake of Fight Club that did away with most of the plot, replacing it with elaborate musical sequences.
QNdGL TIL that bananas are berries, but strawberries are not.
OGoxY TIL of head wobbling in India: besides doing head nods for "yes" and head shakes for "no", Indian people also wobble their heads side-to-side, with different meanings to the gesture depending on the speed of the wobble