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TIL U.S Customs seizes an average of $4.3 million in counterfeit products per day.

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OMxe TIL that New Zealand once tried to weaponize tsunamis (Project Seal)
wWo TIL that a bunch of 10 yo kids in an Indian slum learned English and bioengineering (in English) on their own from a computer embedded in a wall by a researcher
EydV TIL Coca Cola have been accused of violent killings, kidnap and torture, health violations, and discriminatory practices… as well as selling bottled tap water
Rpj9 TIL Smoking hookah is no safer than smoking cigarettes and in fact “Smokers may absorb more of the toxic substances also found in cigarette smoke than cigarette smokers do.”
ne7Lo TIL that American Civil War Union soldiers were issued 36 pounds of coffee a year and the word "coffee" appeared more in journal entries than "war," "bullet," "cannon," "slavery," "mother" or "Lincoln."