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TIL Patagonia has a separate business arm that sells gear to the US Government

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awg8M TIL Bread in the US contains Potassium Bromate, a toxic chemical that is linked to Cancer. This chemical has been banned in most countries around the world, but the FDA refuses to investigate because they have "limited availability of resources and other agency priorities".
4X8P5 TIL that not only is USA the 3rd most populated country in the world, but if it had ONE BILLION MORE people, it would still be the 3rd most populated country in the world.
XEgyQ TIL of Slowworms and legless lizards. A category if reptiles which are not related to snakes and independently lost their limbs. They have a number of different features from snakes, such as more developed ears and eyes.
rRBld TIL the original name of Velcro came from the first syllables of the French words velour (meaning velvet) and crochet (meaning hook), although Georges de Mestral first called it 'locking tape'.
9YZ8r TIL Kinshasa, the capital of Congo-Zaire uses robots as traffic police because they can't be bribed.