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TIL in 2013 Europe was hit by a horse meat scandal, in which 300 tons of horse meat was found throughout the EU food supply labeled as beef. The source was traced to a Romanian slaughterhouse, who sold it as horse meat to a chain of Cyprus, Dutch, and Irish resellers who mislabeled it.

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lo17G TIL Two German brothers Adi and Rudolf Dassler, worked together during WWII making sports shoes. After a huge fall out between the two, they split up and started their own rivalry firms - Adidas and Puma.
QJPxk TIL In October 1986 Soviet submarine K-219 suffered an explosion and sank in the mid Atlantic with an estimated 30+ nuclear warheads aboard. The cause for this explosion is contested to this day.
59gp TIL Michelin Man is white because before 1912, tires were grey-white or beige color. In 1912, carbon was added as a preservative and strengthener, changing the tire color to black.
YpgQA TIL about Peter principle that states if a person is competent at their job, it will get promoted until the person is incompetent at his new role. Then they remain stuck at that final level for the rest of their career. Therefore, in time, every post tends to be occupied by an incompetent employee.
R7d77 TIL Taylor Swift was granted a 3-year restraining order against a man who claimed he was married to the Grammy-winning singer and allegedly sent messages threatening to “kill any man who gets in the way"