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

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nWL1B TIL that the song Jeremy by pearl jam was based on actual events
5Ra8 TIL that in 1974, Basil Brown, a 48-year-old health food advocate from Croydon, England, drank himself to death by consuming 10 gallons (37.85 litres) of carrot juice in ten days, causing him to overdose on vitamin A and suffer severe liver damage.
4jP5 TIL In the 1960s, the sugar industry paid three Harvard scientists $50,000 to say that heart disease was most likely caused by saturated fat. After their report was published in JAMA, diets concentrating on low fat gained the endorsement of many health authorities.
0pAM TIL the first issue of Playboy in December 1953 was undated, as Hugh Hefner was not sure if there would be a second issue.
ne74W TIL In 2005 a cardboard box was added to the US National Toy Hall of Fame : "Inside a big cardboard box, a child is transported to a world of his or her own, one where anything is possible."