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TIL There is a national (US) grocery Best Bagger competition since 1987

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jNvOn TIL the term "incel" was invented by a female college student in Canada as part of an online forum for an "inclusive community" for people of all genders who were sexually deprived due to social awkwardness, marginalization, or mental illness, before being co-opted by misogynists
GZX7 TIL that every medicine certified by the FDA must be tested using horseshoe crab blood.
Oo6d4 TIL that when Sesame Street was first introduced to Japan back in 1971, the broadcaster aired the American version and initially targeted it to junior high school students because that was the level where Japanese kids began English lessons.
j96Q TIL in 2014, police in the United States killed 1,100 people while police in Canada killed 14 people, police in China killed 12 people and police in Germany didn’t kill anyone at all
wDWM TIL Emperor Penguins can shut down organs that aren’t in use to let them stay underwater for up to 20 minutes