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TIL nearly 10 percent of US adults believe chocolate milk comes from brown cows.

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yVYpM TIL that Henryk Siwiak was killed on a street of Brooklyn shortly before midnight. He is the only victim on the list of murders in New York on September 11, 2001, since the city does not include the deaths from the 9/11 attacks in its official crime statistics. His murder has never been solved.
E1DvW TIL that in 1980, oil drillers in Lake Peigneur, Louisiana accidentally poked a 14-inch hole in an active underground salt mine, which drained the entire 2.5 billion gallon lake. Incredibly, there were no fatalities.
oBKVr TIL the Toyota Matrix's odometer has a glitch where it stops 299,999 miles, technically making it a "glitch in the matrix"
XZVX TIL Lightning is essential for life on Earth because it creates Nitrates that fertilize plants.
7rJJO TIL: These famous international chocolate brands: Milka (German), Côte d'Or (Belgian), Toblerone (Swiss), Cadbury/Frys/Green & Black's (all British), Freia (Norwegian) and Marabou (Swedish) are all owned by US food giant Mondelez