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TIL About the history of cheese

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gMkWb TIL of Lingchi, also known as death by a thousand cuts, which was a form of torture and execution used from roughly 900 CE until it was banned in 1905. It involved methodically slicing portions of the body over an extended period of time, eventually resulting in death.
epKyL TIL when first touching down on an aircraft carrier, a pilot will push the throttle to full power. This allows their aircraft to become airborne again, in case the arresting cable should fail to catch and stop it.
x6pa5 TIL New Zealand is the only country that’s allowed to put Hobbit-related images on their currency
b9Bk9 TIL Bobby Fischer never saw the film bearing his name and strongly complained that it was an invasion of his privacy by using his name without his permission. Fischer never received any compensation from the film, calling it "a monumental swindle".
pW9b TIL Samuel Adams (beer) donated hops from their surplus to 108 different craft brewers during a hop shortage in 2008. This action undoubtedly prevented some from going out of business. Info in Philanthropy.