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TIL In Texas it is illegal to make false statements about food, unless you claim it is organic

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1RMV TIL people are using Google Maps to make other people aware of dangerous landmine fields in Kosovo
8bMb TIL: A guy built a Twitter bot that entered, and won, around 1,000 online contests over the period of 9 months.
9wykQ TIL The Wieliczka salt mine, excavated from the 13th century, produced table salt continuously until 1996, as one of the world's oldest operating salt mines. It is now a UNESCO world heritage site, with four chapels and numerous statues carved by miners and contemporary artists out of the rock salt.
519p TIL: Gouda accounts for over half of the world’s cheese consumption.
e9Qb TIL: World of Beer has an internship, called “Drink it Interns,” that pays $12,000 for four months to travel, drink beer and write about it. Plus all travel paid for!