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TIL Forever 21 puts “John 3:16” on their bags because their founders are Christian fundamentalists.

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69vjX TIL in the U.S., half of the population consumes sugary drinks on a given day; 1 in 4 people get at least 200 calories from such drinks; and 5% get at least 567 calories—equivalent to four cans of soda.
Y8ar TIL when trees evolved, it took 60 mil. years for fungi to evolve the ability to break down lignin. Trees fell over and didn’t decompose, storing vast amounts of carbon, resulting in an oxygen-rich atmosphere that favored enormous insects; burning in massive fires; and producing our stores of coal.
ak6Z TIL In 1575, a German mass murderer nicknamed Puschpeter is reported to have kept his wits after being impaled. The stake hit his spine and he berated the executioner. Puschpeter commanded the executioner to draw the stake out of him and gave instructions for how to make the impalement properly.
x66gw TIL Quakers invented the price tag. They were invented because Quakers viewed haggling as immoral since different people paid different prices for the same item. This innovation actually made retail more efficient because employees needing less training and were able to serve more customers.
awnYy TIL a Chinese man was almost cremated alive after being beaten by police and left for dead… the cremation process was stopped when a medical woker noticed he was still breathing. He was then taken to a hospital where he was beaten again by the police and arrested.