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TIL that in response to the 2013 Horse Meat Scandal, Iceland tests find meat pies contain no meat at all

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9w7d6 TIL that 27 U.S. states are at least partially north of the southernmost part of Canada.
P1WEV TIL 7-UP was launched 2 weeks before the 1929 stock market crash and contained lithium until 1948.
6XgY TIL that during President Jackson’s inaugural ball, the party goers were so rowdy that White House attendants had to put huge tubs of liquor outside to lure people out of the building.
xVZKg Today I learned about the Moche Toss, an ancient Peruvian game a lot like skeet shooting using Atlatls
6EdBw TIL Starbucks' "Frappucino" is a registered trademark that act as a sub-license out of the Netherlands. When you purchase a beverage, your money goes to pay a trademark fee, which Starbucks books as losses, and the entity in the Netherlands pays little to no tax on the trademark revenues.