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TIL that Nazi food scienists made synthetic butter (margarine) out of coal

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XdQ8 TIL South Korea has been blasting “Gangnam Style” on repeat across the DMZ at North Korea since January and have stated they won’t stop until North Korea hands over their nuclear weapons.
LkW9m TIL that a dairy company in Maine had to pay $5 million dollars in overtime pay to their drivers due to the lack of an Oxford comma in a state law
m1dYO TIL During the battle of yarmuk in 636 roman commander Jarja a unit commander in the Byzantine right centre, rode up to the Muslim line and converted to Islam; he would die the same day fighting his former allies
Yp0QG TIL solitaire was originally included in earlier computer programs to help users strengthen their clicking and dragging skills.
5VlJr TIL: Charles Darwin spent 6 months in South America looking for a lesser rhea (an ostrich-like bird) only to have one served to him for dinner. Halfway through the meal, Darwin realized what he was eating, gathered the parts and sent them to England for taxidermy and formal classification.