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TIL Swedish eggs are guaranteed salmonella free

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6E4G8 TIL The Allies considered bombing Auschwitz in an effort to stop operations at the concentration camp.
99yp TIL that Japan requires citizens between the ages of 45 and 74 to have their waistlines measured once a year and are expected to fall within an established range. Companies and local governments may face fines if their employees are overweight and do not meet these guidelines.
Gp6N TIL Sir Terry Pratchett Had His Own Sword Forged Out Of Meteorite When He Was Knighted
D19EY TIL decaffeinated coffee was discovered in 1903 by accident by Ludwig Roselius, head of German coffee company Kaffee HAG. One of his shipments got swamped by seawater in transit, leaching out the caffeine but not the flavour. Roselius worked out an industrial method to repeat it.
9Y49M TIL: Figs aren't actually a fruit, but rather an inverted flower that can only be pollinated when a female fig wasp crawls in. The wasp is then consumed by the flower.