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TIL American cheese used to be known as “rattrap cheese” or just “rat cheese”

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awoLb TIL alligators are scared of humans and it's usually safe to swim in most alligator infested waters. A 2010 report tallied all the reported alligator attacks over the 81 years from 1928 to 2009. It found there were only 24 deaths from alligators in the United States, most of them in Florida.
XmGQ TIL a 2004 meta-analysis found that the D.A.R.E program of drug education is not effective at reducing drug, alcohol or tobacco use.
4X0Xw TIL only 6% of high school players go on to play college football. Only 1.7% of college football players get drafted in the NFL. That means only 0.08% of high school football players will go pro.
VgbZ TIL that Viking “Berserkers” would take hallucinogenic mushrooms to induce their battle rage
OAj7 TIL In 2004 a police officer pulled over a woman in California and masterbated on her. Despite DNA evidence he was found not guilty after his attorney was able to successfully argue the woman was asking for it because she worked as stripper.