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TIL A bug called the Cochineal is used in red foodcolouring, mainly in strawberry flavoured food.

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mx4O TIL that there is a satellite called LAGEOS that will return to earth in 8.4 million years. Inscribed on it is a picture of what scientists think the continents will look like at that time.
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