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TIL that the sugar industry promoted sugar as a weight loss product.

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6xmJ TIL that Johnson & Johnson knew their baby powder product caused ovarian cancer in some consumers, but sold it anyway. A victim successfully sued for $70 million but J&J still maintained that their baby powder was “perfectly safe”.
KOjPJ TIL Every year approximately 16 million gallons of oil runs off pavement into streams, rivers and eventually oceans in the United States. This is more oil than was spilled by the Exxon Valdez in 1989.
pD8e TIL that according to legend, everyone in America used to think tomatoes were poisonous, due to them being a member of the nightshade family. In 1820, New Jersey resident Robert Gibbon Johnson ate tomatoes in front of a large crowd to prove they were edible.
dkb7 TIL the man who sang George Clooney’s parts in O Brother Where Art Thou also sings lead on Avicii’s “Hey Brother”
GAwXN TIL A Blue Whale Eats 1 million calories on average daily