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Today I learned that Velveeta was the first cheese product to gain the American Medical Association's seal of approval

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x6baD TIL that the Earl of Elgin, from 1801 to 1812, removed about half of the surviving sculptures of the Parthenon in Greece.
W7VM8 TIL: Tupac Shakur accidentally shot and killed a 6 year-old boy (while famous)
4k4l6 TIL that the Nika Riots of 532 AD, which destroyed half of Constantinople and killed tens of thousands, began as chariot race hooliganism.
OG7GX TIL that before Charles Fisk started the successful C.B. Fisk organ company, he had unknowingly built equipment Fat Man atomic bomb during World War II.
78MZL TIL that only 15-20% soldiers fired their weapons during WWII. Those who would not fire did not run or hide—in many cases they were willing to risk greater danger to rescue comrades, get ammunition, or run messages.