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TIL that an egg yolk’s color can be affected by a chicken’s diet and that a diet of peppers that naturally have lots of red pigment produces completely red egg yolks

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QNlBM TIL of the Edinburgh Seven, the first women to matriculate at a British university in 1869. The university discriminated them with charging higher fees. As they arrived at their anatomy exam, several hundred male students pelted them with mud and other objects and shoved a sheep into the exam hall.
wMy7 TIL that American Cheese cannot be legally sold as “cheese” in the United States. It must instead be labeled as “cheese product,” “cheese food,” or “American Singles,” since its manufacturing process varies so significantly from that of other cheeses.
lWr TIL Ireland Googles the term “gay porn” more than any other English-speaking country, despite having a population of only 4.5 million
N77WJ TIL in 2014 a man in South Africa was transporting 2 giraffes in an open trailer. While going under an overpass, one of the giraffes hit its head on the overpass and died, due to head trauma. Thankfully, the other survived.
4Jg5 TIL the ZIKA virus was discovered in the Zika forest of Uganda in 1947 but only became a world health concern in 2007