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TIL in 2015, a report found 100+ Walmart products labeled “Made in the USA” that are actually made elsewhere.

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LRKZ TIL The element Phosphorus was discovered in 1669 by a German Alchemist who was trying to make gold out of urine.
NXnM8 TIL that red mulberries are used in cosmetics, natural dyes, and as a remedy for dysentery in medicines.
yVnda TIL that Cool Whip, Tang and Pop Rocks were all invented by the same man.
a8ePL TIL: Before CAD, semiconductor chips were designed and drawn by hand, a process that typically required 7-9 revisions. However, Bill Mench managed to singlehandedly draw the design of MOS 6502 chip (used in the C64 and Atari 2600) without any revisions!
aPVb TIL Apollo 12 commander Pete Conrad’s first word upon setting foot on the Moon was “Whoopee!” in order to win a $500 bet with an Italian journalist that NASA didn’t script astronaut declarations.