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TIL that Kelloggs made their cereal boxes thinner in 2008 but kept the price the same so that buyers wouldn’t perceive the smaller size box when viewed from the front.

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OG6xa TIL that there is an annual income requirement of 2000 pesos to become president of Argentina, placed in 1853. However since its not adjusted for inflation its the equivalent of $2.50 today instead of the original 3.3 kg of gold ($220,000)
0Mlv TIL that Pedialyte is a hangover “cure”; so much so that adult consumption is up 60% since 2012 and the company has started targeting adults on “party holidays”.
MeGwK Today I learned that Red Pandas are in fact two species: Himalayan Red Pandas and Chinese Red Pandas. Red Pandas belong to a family of mammals known as Ailuridae, and they are the only surviving species. Their nearest fossil ancestors, Parailurus, lived 3-4 million years ago.
0wb5N TIL there are 22 Belgian exclaves in the Netherlands which then contain 7 exclaves of the Netherlands within them.
wnj6 TIL Michael Cain was in “Jaws The Revenge” only for the pay-check and said, “I have never seen it, but by all accounts it is terrible. However, I have seen the house that it built, and it is terrific.”