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TIL string cheese is stringy because, when mozzarella is heated to 140* f, the milk proteins in the cheese realign horizontally, allowing the cheese to be peeled in long strings

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jN59n TIL of the Johnson gang. Travelling criminals from Gloucestershire, UK who specialised in stealing fine art and antiques from English country manors over a period of 20 years. The goods they stole are valued between £30 - £80 million. The gang were sentenced to a total of 49 years in prison in 2008.
GYxm7 TIL The Scopes "Monkey" Trial was staged to raise publicity for the town of Dayton, Tennessee. Scopes himself wasn't even sure if he had ever taught evolution before, but agreed to be a defendant and asked his students to testify against him.
PYLaL TIL in 2004, Sylvia Browne, a psychic, told the mother of a Cleveland kidnapping victim (Amanda Berry) on the Montel Williams Show her daughter was dead. In 2006, the mother passed away without ever knowing her daughter was still alive and being held captive.
E0nx TIL If you start a race exactly when the starting gun goes off, it’s considered a false start because it’s impossible for a human to react in under a tenth of second
BrOwL TIL that the song “Macarena” by Los Del Rio is about a woman cheating on her boyfriend with two people (whoare his friends) at the same time.