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TIL the “fancy” label on some ketchup is actually a USDA grade.

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4Yng TIL that Plants of the Fenestraria genus produce optical fibers made from crystalline oxalic acid to transmit light to subterranean photosynthetic sites.
jWDX TIL that in 1884, halfway through the 10 year plan to produce an up to date English dictionary, the team had only reached the word ‘Ant’ The final volume was published 49 years after they started.
915G TIL the 7 words that follow ‘primary(1), secondary(2), tertiary(3),’ are 'quaternary(4),’ 'quinary(5),’ 'senary(6),’ 'septenary(7),’ 'octonary(8)’ 'nonary(9),’ and 'denary(10).’
5r6P TIL Table Mountain, Cape Town, South Africa is home to 2,200 species of plant - more than the entire United Kingdom
m1mmY TIL shrinkflation also applies to subscription-based business models and changes the periodicity of the billing. The billing rhythm makes you think nothing has changed. Before, you were billed monthly (so 12 times a year). Now you are billed every 4 weeks. There are 13 times 4 weeks in a year