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TIL Nutella contains more sugar than Betty Crocker chocolate frosting.

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neO8P TIL that Peter Pan, Treasure Island, and Lord of the Flies were all inspired by the same book, The Coral Island by R. M. Ballantyne
9wVvQ TIL Mimolette is a cheese who got invented during the France-Holland war after France banned Dutch cheese imports. Its nutty flavor comes from mite-made holes in its rind. US customs detained in 2013 imports, citing FDA concerns about it being filthy, putrid, or unfit for human consumption.
GY5WN TIL acre and the prefix agri- (agriculture) share a common ancestor in an ancient Bronze age language, proto-indo-european. The same is true for the words futile and God.
69Lkw TIL Los Angeles has a metro system
D1rng TIL residents of the Delmarva Peninsula have proposed that its Maryland and Virginia portions secede from their respective states, merging with Kent County and Sussex County, Delaware, to create the state of Delmarva.