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TIL: Cholula hot sauce is owned by Jose Cuervo.

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6EvGw TIL a former engineer in Japan claims to be the only heir to authentic ninjutsu. In his 60s, Jinichi Kawakami decided he will not appoint anyone as the next ninja grandmaster, saying: "we now have guns, the internet and much better medicines, so the art of ninjutsu has no place in the modern age."
d8YjB TIL During the 1920s and 30s, Chrysotile was used and marketed as "artificial snow". It was sold under the brand names of "White Magic", "Pure White", and "Snow Drift". Another name for Chrysotile is White Asbestos.
JmrQ TIL Fiddler crabs are asymmetrical, with one claw being much larger than the other. In most species, when the big claw is lost, it regenerates as a small claw while the small one becomes the new big claw.
jNKPQ TIL about the "omnipotence paradox," where the ability to do anything and everything seems to lead to logically contradictory ideas such as creating square circles. Its most well-known version is the so-called paradox of the stone: "Could God create a stone so heavy that even He could not lift it?"
J1wdV TIL that Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” music video was released on VHS and sold over 1 million copies