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TIL that Johnson & Johnson is a holding company for 250 separate, subsidiary businesses

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lopD1 TIL there is a scientific journal called “Combustion and Flame”
xVXP5 TIL The Patron Saint of Poland is called The Black Madonna. Her skin his discolored due to centuries of lights and candles being burnt in front of it.
0wXvR TIL of Desmond Doss, who despite being a pacifist, served as a combat medic in WWII and saved 75 people during the Battle of Okinawa without even carrying a gun. He was the only conscientious objector to be awarded the Medal of Honor for his service in the war.
R7NJ6 TIL US Marines forced Saddam Hussein to watch the South Park movie, South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut numerous times throughout his captivity.
d8AYr TIL Utah’s Great Salt Lake is a remnant of a much larger lake that drained in a single, catastrophic event 14,000 years ago.