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TIL the amount of excess cheese that U.S. dairy farms produced (as of 2018) would be nearly the size of the U.S. Capitol building.

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R7oN1 TIL of the existence of "scholarly publishing stings", in which academics submit absurd research papers to scholarly journals to test if the editors are actually paying attention. Sometimes, these are accepted and published.
JYod1 TIL Aaliyah’s 1st album cover also has her name in phonetic spelling
m1YGy TIL of the SS Warrimoo, a ship that claims to have crossed the intersection of the International Date Line and the Equator precisely at the turn of the year from 1899 to 1900.
pY6E4 TIL Thousands of Pigeons Pooped on Spectators at 1936 Olympic Games Opening Ceremony after up to 30,000 pigeons were released and then the organisers began firing canons. The story was relayed and recorded by US Olympian Louis Zamperini, a long distance runner.
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