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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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EgJKP TIL Back to the Future composer Alan Silvestri has only been nominated for an Oscar twice in his 52 year film career. Neither nomination was for Back to the Future
jGXp TIL In 1981 American Airlines saved roughly $500,000 by removing the olives from salads. Soon afterward, an association of olive growers found out, and threatened to boycott the airline if olives were not restored. AA agreed, and stocked them onboard for passengers who requested them.
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neL0Y TIL about pan-human love. In past 300k years, we overlapped with 6 known human species. All but us now extinct, though we interbred and carry the DNA of at least two (Denisovans, Neanderthals). Some Neanderthal skeletons carry our DNA too. Denisovans and Neanderthals mixed separately from us also.