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TIL That Vin Diesel’s real name is Mark Sinclair

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7rBbP TIL that Titanium is used in the food industry as a coloring/brightener and has many more applications like sun screen, wall paint, and so on. It is used in Marshmallows and Pastry Icing as well. No downsides or risks have been found yet.
gMnl4 TIL Heinz ketchup became so popular because Heinz invented a way to keep commercially produced ketchup red, which allowed him to package it in clear glass bottle and look more appealing. Before it, commercially produced ketchup was brown.
KVAR TIL The first flower bloomed around the time the last dinosaur died.
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