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TIL Peanut butter in Dutch is called “Peanut cheese” because the word butter is only supposed to be used with products that contain actual butter.

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e08p5 TIL The lactation consultant from season 6 of The Office is Jenna Fischer's husband in real life
wLxYM Today I learned that the original eraser was stale bread and erasers are pink because of pumice: Guide to Erasers
PYnpG TIL to reconstruct the Great Pyramid of Giza today, it would require about $5 billion, 5 years, 1,500 to 2,000 workers, and 2.3 million stones weighing 3 tons each, according to Jean-Pierre Houdin, a French architect who has helped create a virtual model of the ancient construction system.
rRwNw TIL Ben Carpenter was pushed at 50 mph for 6 km in a wheelchair by a semi-truck
vPBaL TIL the peace sign consists of the semaphore signs for N and D, for Nuclear Disarmament - designed by Gerard Holtom for the 1958 British Campaign For Nuclear Disarmament. How did I not know that?