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TIL about Cargill, the largest company in the USA, that NGO Mighty Earth called "Three worst company in the world" that drives "the most important problems facing our world"

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695AZ TIL that in 1965, astronaut John Young got in trouble for sneaking a corned beef sandwich on the Gemini 3 mission, which posed a risk of crumbs messing with vital space equipment.
jNDDN TIL Health Canada's Health Survey found that more than 85 % of Inuit preschoolers have cavities or other kinds of decay in eight of their baby teeth, on average. Almost 98 % Inuit adolescents have tooth decay and 73 % of older Inuit adults who were surveyed needed some kind of dental care
XJ8k TIL that Jodie Foster was so fluent in French that she dubbed her own movies.
7rN6L TIL from 986 CE, Muslim Turks started raiding northwest India from Afghanistan, plundering western India. Forced conversions to Islam were made, and Buddhist images were smashed due to the Islamic dislike of idolatry. Hence, the Islamic term for an 'idol' became 'budd'.
E19LP TIL that New Mexico was not named after the nation of Mexico, but rather after the Aztec Valley of Mexico...in 1563, more than 250 years before Mexico became a nation.