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TIL Most store-bought orange juices are 12 - 36 months old by the time you buy them.

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W7E7X TIL the longest and most contentious election for the speaker of the U.S House of Representatives occurred during its 34th Congress (1855-1857). It lasted two months, took 133 ballots, and necessitated a rule change allowing for a simple plurality of members to select the speaker.
P18ME TIL Don Cheadle's father was a US congressman for nearly 25 years
6E8BY TIL Many cities enacted anti-spitting laws, that are still technically enforceable today, to combat tuberculosis in the 1800-1900’s which was killing more people than any other disease at the time.
YpemP TIL Chris Columbus once successfully intimidated Jamaican locals by correctly predicting a total lunar eclipse. He said that if they stopped providing for him and his crew, God would get angry and make the moon disappear. When the eclipse actually occurred, they begged for God's forgiveness.
VMjJ0 TIL that the lion population in India, the only one outside of the Sahara, has increased 30% since 2015.