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TIL that the industrial production of cream cheese is extremely difficult and involves changing polarity at the molecular level. Kraft controls 70% of the market and has kept the recipe secret for 80 years, which is currently held in a vault in New York

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5ZoQ TIL the French government gives medals to citizens who have “successfully raised several children with dignity.”
M7BEV TIL a study shows time passes 4 nanoseconds faster per day at the 450m-high Tokyo Skytree observation deck than at ground level. A University of Tokyo professor said clocks "will become tools for measuring time and space, such as differences in altitude, in line with the theory of relativity".
v1Vr7 TIL about Vincent van Gogh's death. He shot himself in the chest, missing vital organs, dying 30 hours later in a hospital with his brother Theo at his side, his last words having been "The sadness will last forever".
0dkRR TIL: An entire Roman legion went missing in the 2nd Century AD, and we're still baffled as to what happened.
RvY4 TIL: The world’s first electronic digital wristwatch was introduced in 1972 and cost $2,100.00 (about $11,400 today) and by the end of the 70’s digital watches were being sold for $10.00.