Tyrosemiophilia

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Tyrosemiophilia is the hobby of collecting cheese labels. [1] As of May 2019, the world's largest collection encompasses 250,655 label designs. [2]

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References

  1. "Tyrosemlophilii Unite!". Hartford Courant. February 1, 1961. Archived from the original on November 5, 2012. The Tyrosemiophilic Club of the West has been registered in a section of western France. Tyrosemiophilios are people who collect the colored labels ...
  2. "Laktos collection - sýrové etikety - cheese labels". laktoscollection.cz. Retrieved 2020-04-22.