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TIL chicken produced in US has been banned in the EU since 1997 as it is washed in a strong chlorine solution. The chlorine washing is popular in US due to poor hygiene standards in abattoirs.

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d88bQ TIL on a flight, Nicolas Cage used the PA system and said that he was the pilot and was not feeling well. At the airport, police prepared to arrest Cage and his traveling partner, Charlie Sheen. After Cage politely talked his way out of it, he later discovered that Sheen was carrying cocaine on him.
xyb0 TIL that even though dynamite plays a big part in the ending of Quentin Tarantino’s Django Unchained, dynamite wasn’t actually invented until almost a decade after the time period in which the film was set.
rRNye TIL Fred Rogers found "Mister Robinson's Neighborhood," the SNL parody of his own show, to be amusing and affectionate.
d8PVB TIL in Philadelphia, due to long-standing custom, one foot (12 inches) is not actually 12 inches for survey purposes. Each “Survey District” uses a different measure and a “foot” is usually longer than 12 inches.
VBQeZ TIL that Point Nemo, the point on earth that is furthest from any coast, is so remote that sometimes the closest human beings are the astronauts aboard the International Space Station as it passes overhead.