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TIL the U.S. FDA has an “acceptable” level of bug parts in ground coffee (and other foods) that is between 4–6%.

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JYLDm TIL Chobani began after Hamdi Ulukaya saw an ad for a Kraft yogurt plant that had closed and bought it through a small business loan. Today they operate the world's largest yogurt plant and workers have 10% ownership stake. For the first few years the 800 number on the label went straight to Hamdi.
nWoYW TIL about Pokémon's Porygon episode which featured a series of rapidly alternating red and blue frames that provoked epileptic seizures in hundreds of children (685 viewers – 310 boys and 375 girls). As a result of the incident, the Pokémon anime went into a four-month hiatus.
XEm5k TIL Kylie Jenner isn't really a billionaire. She has a personal net worth of $100 million, and Forbes just controversially added the "estimated worth" of her makeup company, which isn't verifiable due to it being a private company.
GYggJ TIL Human saliva contains a chemical compound called Opiorphin, a painkiller six times more powerful than Morphine.
8aPL8 TIL the ginkgo tree, an incredibly popular tree planted in cities worldwide, is the last remaining member of its phyla and would be extinct today if not cultivated by Buddhist monks for centuries