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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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nWNlW TIL that the US military developed and tested microwaves to break up protests or to use in war. Like microwaves heat up the water in our food, they are able to heat up the water in our skin. This effect is uncomfortable and so people start to separate.
oow8 TIL in 2006 an Australian man tried to sell New Zealand on eBay with the starting price $0.01
EgJ7 TIL that the composer of some of the most beautiful Renaissance madrigals was a mass murderer
jN4gX TIL At the end of WW2, ownership of the German Battlecruiser 'Prinz Eugen' was decided by putting Russian, British and American names in a hat and drawing a raffle.
oByR8 TIL After ordering multiple massacres, Zhang Xianzhong had his few remaining loyal servants carve a stele to explain his actions. The stele read: "Heaven Brings Forth Numerous Things to Nurture Man. Man Has Nothing Good With Which To Recompense Heaven. Kill. Kill. Kill. Kill. Kill. Kill. Kill."