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TIL Italy spent $50,000,000 bailing out the Parmesan cheese industry.

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wDaW TIL one of the first instances of a stored computer program was in 1801, when Joseph Marie Jacquard demonstrated a loom that wove fabrics based on hole-punched cards that were fed into the machine.
epKOL TIL that in Japanese Folklore, rain falling from a clear sky, also known as a sunshower, is called kitsune no yomeiri or the kitsune's wedding! The event is a good omen, but the Kitsune will seek revenge on uninvited guests!
MeVWa TIL Iceland's armed police force is called the "Viking Squad"
VBL54 TIL that not only is the blue whale the largest animal on Earth, it is the largest animal to have ever existed on Earth, growing up to 100ft long and weighing up to 200 tons.
XEe8E TIL in Washington State, it is illegal to kill Bigfoot/Sasquatch... despite it being a fictional species.