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TIL in the Netherlands peanut butter is called pindakaas, or "peanut cheese" because of the term "butter" being a protected term for foods that contain butter

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neoRB TIL, that few days after Chernobyl disaster, all children in Poland were given Lugol's iodine. This was one of the few cases, when Polish communist government, despite official denials of the Soviet side and against their recommendations, took action in the best interest of their own citizens.
rR49o TIL that the Portuguese man of war isn’t actually a jellyfish. It’s called a siphonophore, made up of several specialized organisms of the same species. They each perform different functions and can’t survive alone.
OGyDg TIL These Japanese beef croquettes are so popular there's a 30-year waitlist | CNN
JEN8 TIL that rapper DMX impersonated a federal agent and broke through a gate in order to attempt to steal a car from JFK Airport during a coke binge.
Wnwo TIL A scientist named Carl Djerassi not only developed the birth control pill, but also wrote over 1200 papers on different subjects, and wrote one of the first artificial intelligence programs..in 1965. A program called DENDRAL, which could automatically discover unknown forms of medications.