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TIL that Coca-Cola bottles that have yellow caps are kosher for Passover

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b9xR7 TIL olive oil adulteration is the #1 source of agricultural fraud in the EU.
XEdyR TIL about Decimal Time. Implemented during the French Revolution, it was thought up to simplify time and better regulate work. Clocks/calendars were changed so that a week now had 10 days, a day had 10 hours, an hour had a 100 minutes, and a minute had a 1000 seconds.
vPPE4 TIL there is an enclave of Kentucky cut off entirely from the rest of the state by neighboring Tennessee and Missouri.
7rJ9x TIL during filming of the chestburster scene in Alien, Ridley Scott wasn't getting the reaction he wanted from the cast, so he privately told the SFX team to spray them with an enormous amount of blood during the next take, which caused some of the cast to become physically ill. They used that take.
byQZ TIL Hans Zimmer composed the music for the Spider Pig song in The Simpsons Movie.