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TIL that the official date for Opposite Day is the 25th of January.

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JYJDv TIL Wolfsburg's Volkswagen factory is not only one of the world's largest automotive factories but also produces sausages.
Oon6R TIL that a Parsi man named Farrokh Bulsara, grew up in India, and after moving to England changed his name to Freddie Mercury and founded the band Queen.
GYOyE TIL The beef scraps that become hamburger meat are mixed communally during processing, and according to a study done in 1998, the average fast-food burger contains meat from 55 different cows.
LQjBp TIL coconut water (the liquid inside a young coconut) has been used as a substitute for human blood plasma in emergency situations. It’s far from ideal but it can work.
EpMx TIL when the Comstock Laws banned birth control, the makers of the Trojan condoms floated the restriction by selling Trojans as a protection against disease