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TIL that anti-margarine Senator Gordon Roselip incorrectly identified margarine as butter in a blind taste test. His wife later confessed that she had been feeding him margarine and telling him that it was butter.

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dkBr TIL there is a disease called “Sudden unexpected death syndrome” where the heart of a seemingly healthy adult just stops for no reason. It mostly affects young men in select Southeast Asian countries.
vaPL TIL that in August and September of 2006, Danger Mouse collaborated with British graffiti artist Banksy to replace 500 copies of Paris Hilton’s album “Paris” in English music stores with altered album artwork and a 40 minute instrumental song containing various statements she had made.
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