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TIL the US state that produces the most dairy is California, not Wisconsin

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bPaE TIL that when faced with discrimination, Alexandre Dumas, writer of the Three Musketeers and a mulatto, would write: “My father was a mulatto, my grandfather was a Negro, and my great-grandfather a monkey. You see, Sir, my family starts where yours ends.”
ppyZ TIL Lego has actual “master builders” (aka Certified Professionals). There are only 13 of them and they aren’t accepting any further candidates.
mrDP TIL Nearly one-quarter of Americans (24 percent) owe more money on their credit cards than they have in emergency savings.
wLONJ TIL about The battle of Saragarhi: When 21 Sikh soldiers of British Indian Army stood against 10,000 Afgan tribesmen
kJlom TIL that Brazil has the tallest floating Christmas tree. Located at Rodrigo de Freitas Lake in Rio de Janeiro, the 278-foot tree reportedly weighs 542 tons. It is lit with 3.1 million micro bulbs, 2,150 strobe effects and 100 LED reflector.