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TIL CANOLA is an acronym for Canadian Oil Low Acid

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GW4j TIL that a woman believed “crunch berries” in Cap'n crunch were actual fruit for years, and attempted to sue Pepsico when she found out they weren’t. The judge dismissed it as “common sense” knowledge.
J1waj TIL A riot involving firefighters and clowns at a whorehouse led to the formation of the modern police force in Toronto in 1885. It is known as the Toronto Circus Riot of 1885.
bakE TIL the average member of the U.S. Congress makes $174,000 per year and its been that way since 2009
y6NM TIL in 2008 Russian hackers managed to infiltrate a computer network that wasn’t even connected to the internet. Bugged USB drives were planted in a kiosk outside NATO headquarters in the hope that a NATO employee would happen to buy one and use it on their classified network, which they did.
NPLQ TIL One out of every four bridges in America either carries more traffic than originally intended or is in need of repair.