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TIL than in 2019 a cheese from the United States won Best Cheese in the World from the World Cheese Awards.

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78W1P TIL On Aug. 1, Sprite will ditch the soft drink’s green-colored bottles in favor of clear PET bottles. Green, has contributed to it as one of the most recognizable brands. Sprite states that they try to further bottle-to-bottle recycling and increase the the availability of recycled material-PET.
m15QE TIL that the first recorded labour strike took place in Ancient Egypt, in 1170 BCE, by tomb workers. After the grain supply was repeatedly late, workers stopped working and demanded prompt pay. Because it was the first of its kind, management did not know how to react, and largely caved to demands.
BgyJL TIL about Wawpawwawqua ('White Loon'), a Miami war leader who fought against the United States, but was later excused from a Miami removal because he paid property tax. He was said to be 107 years old at the time of his death, in 1876.
vma7 TIL in 1998, the US blamed a hack on Iraq. It turned out it was actually a couple of teenagers.
oBj67 TIL that Michael Jackson's "Smooth Criminal" music video was intended to be Western themed, until Michael who had recently seen The Godfather with director Colin Chilvers decided that it should instead be featured around 1930's Gangsters.