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Jul 05, 2020

TIL that the majority of the alcohol industry's sales come from so-called problem drinkers—people whose drinking is destroying or risking their health.

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Jul 01, 2020

TIL: Most wasabi served outside of Japan isn't real wasabi, but a mixture of horseradish, mustard and food colouring. Authentic wasabi is the most expensive crop in the world to grow and is immensely difficult to cultivate. Once grated, wasabi root loses its flavour within 15 minutes.

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Jun 26, 2020

TIL Alfred Hitchcock owned the rights to his classic films Vertigo, Rear Window, Rope, The Trouble with Harry, and The Man Who Knew Too Much. He refused to allow them to be distributed or re-released for over two decades; they were known as the "Forbidden Five" until three years after his death.

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Jun 20, 2020

TIL that in 2011 radio personality Ira Glass claimed to have tracked down Coca-Cola's secret recipe, to a 130-year-old notebook belonging to inventor's best friend. He said that the closely guarded formula is: alcohol and six oils – orange, lemon, nutmeg, coriander, neroli and cinnamon.

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May 23, 2020

TIL: An estimated 8 million war horses were killed in conflict during WW I. They were used to help carry food, water, ammunition & medical supplies. More than a million dogs were also killed. They were used as messengers, sentries, rescuers, and small beasts of burden

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May 04, 2020

TIL that Reno/Tahoe was the divorce capital of North America in the early 1900s because of its very lax divorce laws and only requiring 24 weeks of residence to file for divorce.

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May 02, 2020

TIL that in 2019, a saxophonist was hired to compose a song for the critically endangered New Zealand bird, the Kakapo, in order to put them in a romantic mood for mating. It seems to have worked as 249 eggs were laid and 76 hatched during the breeding season.

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Mar 25, 2020

TIL Garden Veggie Straws, which shows fresh vegetables on the bag, and are promoted as a healthy alternative to chips, are actually made of salt, starch, and tomato paste. They have less nutrition than actual potato chips and the manufacturer, which has a history of false claims, is now being sued.

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Mar 18, 2020

TIL Despite being a symbol for the antiestablishment, the rights to the Guy Fawkes mask from V for Vendetta are owned by WarnerMedia. They had $33 billion in revenue in 2018 and Guy Fawkes masks contribute to that number.

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Mar 03, 2020

TIL there are parents that gave up legal rights to their high-school-age children for purposes of qualifying for federal, state & institutional financial aid. The parents are doctors, lawyers, insurance and real estate agents and in some cases have valuable homes and household incomes topping $250K.

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Mar 02, 2020

TIL Weber Grills were invented by Weber Brothers Metal Works, which produced metal buoys for the Coast Guard. George Stephen cut a buoy in half and added legs, and the Weber Grill was born.

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Mar 01, 2020

TIL After McDonalds lost the Big Mac trademark in Europe, Burger King added things like the “Like a Big Mac, But Actually Big” to the menu

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Feb 27, 2020

TIL that Pespi once ran a promo in the Philippines such that bottle caps with the number "349" printed underneath would win ~$37,000. Unfortunately, a computer glitch printed 800,000 bottle caps with "349"

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Feb 19, 2020

TIL that some farmers in Bangladesh are now raising ducks instead of chicken because ducks can float during floods.

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Feb 07, 2020

TIL that nearly half of Americans would have trouble finding $400 to pay for an emergency.

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Jan 31, 2020

TIL that "Zyzzyx Road," a 2006 thriller starring Tom Sizemore and Katherine Heigl, was released in just one theater for a week. During its short run, a total of six people saw the film, which resulted in $30 in ticket sales, making it the lowest-grossing movie of all time.

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Jan 26, 2020

TIL open concept office spaces are damaging to workers’ attention spans, productivity, creative thinking, and satisfaction.

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Jan 18, 2020

TIL the reason glasses are so expensive is because most major brands and retailers are owned by the same company.

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Jan 02, 2020

TIL that Lee Valley, a Canadian woodworking tool company, pays their employees on a “slope”. This means the top paid CEO cannot make more than 10 times the lowest paid employee. It also means the same CEO gets the same cut of their profit sharing as the lowest paid employee

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Nov 16, 2019

TIL that because of a deal to buy the rights to Peppa the Pig, toymaker Hasbro now owns Death Row Records.

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