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TIL Cheese originally started being dyed yellow and orange in the 17th century to fool people into thinking it was a higher quality

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oPVR TIL the Florida School for Boys, a reform school shut down in 2011, gained a reputation for abuse, beatings, rapes, torture, and even murder of students by staff. 50 unmarked and undocumented graves have been located on the property using radar.
wodO8 TIL Chuck Feeney, the billionaire who co-founded the airport retailer Duty Free Shoppers Group. He secretly gave away nearly his entire net worth of $8 billion dollars to charity before passing away in October 9th of this year.
oRkm8 TIL of Agongointo-Zoungoudo. Rediscovered in 1998 in Benin, West Africa - this town of approx 50 bunkers was built 32 feet below ground level in the late 16th Century. King Dakodonou is thought to have commissioned the town to protect his kingdom in the event of an attack.
m5ny TIL that the Mars One project is seeking to colonize Mars by 2023. The astronaut/colonists will spend the rest of their lives on the red planet.
oBYGY TIL Tour de France logo is not just a typical logo but symbolises a cyclist (look OUR). Its main partner, the Continental tyres, ALSO has a hidden meaning and symbology with the CO of Continental, forming a tyre when seen horizontally. incredible symbology in two closely associated organisations.