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4X5k5 TIL Magic Shell syrup gets its hardening properties from coconut oil, which is high in saturated fats. Once it contact something cold like ice cream, the fats would rapidly cool down and solidify.
mmyP TIL that stem cell research helped save a dogs life by regenerating the pads of his paws.
jDrM TIL that Merck gifted a drug to the WHO that would cure River Blindess in third world countries with no expectation of being paid for it. They said they would “distribute as much as needed for as long as needed” and continue that promise today.
9KDp TIL that during the Great Depression, African colonial subjects living in the Cameroons took up a collection to aid the starving people of America, ultimately mailing $3.77 to the mayor of New York City to assist relief efforts there.
R7dmQ TIL That 4% of Japan's GDP is generated by Pachinko gambling. The revenue Japan collected from these machines was more than Last Vegas and Macau Combined