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TIL pet food tasters (humans) serve as professional quality control for pet food. they make up to 120k/yr

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4k6DN TIL President Gerald Ford once tried to eat a tamale without taking off the corn husk while campaigning
OoDrg TIL oral tradition in Kenya tells that 20 shipwrecked Chinese sailors washed up on shore in the 15th century and were given permission to settle and marry into local tribes. DNA tests conducted by China's government in 2002 on one of the supposed descendants and found that she was of Chinese descent
OkD4 TIL there is a book by Russian scientist Kirill Yeskov, which tells the tale of Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings from Sauron’s perspective, and of the orcs retreat as they are pursued by elves in an attempt to exterminate them.
JYbwl TIL: Since its unveiling, the President of the United States has almost always sent a funeral wreath to be laid at the Confederate Memorial in Arlington National Cemetery every Memorial Day.
KDa6 TIL one of the Seven Wonders of the World, the Temple of Artemis, was burned down by a man just looking to become famous. In response it was made illegal mention his name in any way.