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TIL: Major orange juice producers add chemical fragrances called "flavor packs" to their juice to provide the signature taste of their brand because OJ loses its flavor during pasteurization and de-oxygenation.

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OG85e TIL of the Garage Barrage Tour by Metallica. In 1998, to promote their covers album "Garage, Inc.," the band performed five shows where they only played cover songs. Metallica songs were instead performed by the opening act: a Metallica tribute band called Battery.
DOkg TIL the founder of Japan’s McDonald’s stated, “Japanese people are so short and have yellow skins because they have eaten nothing but fish and rice for two thousand years. If we eat McDonald’s hamburgers for a thousand years we will become taller, our skin become white, and our hair blonde.”
xV9Lo TIL that Paris holds an annual contest to find the city’s best baguette. Around 200 bakers each submit two baguettes (must be eligible) to be graded on quality, look, smell, taste, and crunch. The winner wins €4000 and a contract to supply the French president fresh baguettes every day for 1 year.
V0PZ TIL that Ikea names sofas, coffee tables, bookshelves, media storage and doorknobs after places in Sweden; beds, wardrobes and hall furniture after places in Norway; carpets after places in Denmark and dining tables and chairs after places in Finland.
OoaM7 TIL Jimi Hendrix and his band accidentally dropped lump of hash in their dressing room's sink right before a BBC concert. They had to dismantle the drainpipe to save it. "I found a maintenance man and begged tools [..] We succeeded in our task and had a great smoke." remembers drummer Mitch Mitchell