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TIL that mystery flavor candies are made whenever the factory switches to a different flavor. They don’t clean the lines when they switch so two flavors mix together. This avoids downtime and wastes product.

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OWpR TIL In Japan, if someone is photographed or filmed while handcuffed, their hands have to be pixelated if it is used on TV or in the newspapers. In France, a law prohibits media from airing images of people in handcuffs, or otherwise restrained, before they have been convicted by a court.
J1Bn4 TIL Women's sex toys are illegal in Zimbabwe, possession or sale could land you 6 months in jail.
QJyO6 TIL Sears once offered mail order houses. You'd select your house then Sears would ship it to you by RailRoad and you'd assemble it yourself based on the instructions
yyl8 TIL that the Playstation’s buttons have meanings. The triangle refers to the player’s view looking forward, square refers to menus or maps, and the circle and X represent Yes and No. The creator had hoped that other people would see these icons as such, and use them for their original propose.
EgDyx TIL that in 2013, Chinese doctors have saved a man's severed hand by grafting it to his ankle