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TIL there is a National Mustard Museum in Middleton, Wisconsin that has over 5,676 mustards from all 50 states and more than 70 countries.

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a8Nk9 TIL that the longest time anyone has been awake is 11 days. In 1965, a 17-year-old named Randy Gardner stayed awake for a science experiment, breaking the world record. By the end, he experienced hallucinations and memory lapses.
Odve TIL Aussie 200M record holder Peter Norman who won silver at the 1968 Olympics wore a badge to support Americans Smith and Carlos while on the podium during their infamous black power salute. After this he and his family were outcasts in Australia and he couldn’t compete in the 72 Olympics.
RkKj TIL in 1251 the king kept a polar bear in the Tower of London, which “attracted a great deal of attention from Londoners when it went fishing in the Thames”
QN7Oa TIL a team of student volunteers on an archaeological dig at a site in northern France discovered a 200-year-old note left by an archaeologist who had performed an excavation of the site in 1825.
GYdl5 TIL that fruit punch was invented as an alternative to beer by men working for the British East India Company. This is because the beer on their ships went bad when they reached the Indian Ocean. They ended up using rum, fruit, and spices available in their new location to create punch.