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TIL that Michigan and Ohio almost went to war over a small strip of land and the city of Toledo

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LkLyV TIL about a beauty contest held in Singapore in 1998, which awarded 60% of the marks for knowledge of the internet.
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9wPy6 TIL that until 2012, when they switched to a bacterial source, Roche Pharmaceuticals used up to 90% of the world's annual star anise crop to produce shikimic acid, a chemical intermediate used in the synthesis of oseltamivir (Tamiflu)
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