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8aoWZ TIL in 2004 there were more British free range and organic eggs being sold than could ever possibly be laid in UK farms. After delivery drivers began suspecting that the "industrial eggs" they delivered were being relabeled, investigators found that Keith Owen had sold 100m mislabeled eggs
pYAOO TIL that the painting called "Beauty Revealed", executed by Sarah Goodridge in 1828 and displaying her very own breasts, could be the first nude in history before it was even a thing. It was actually sent to her lover Daniel Webster but he married another woman while keeping the painting.
mxOeR TIL that farmers used to put little eyeglasses on chicken to prevent them from fighting and cannibalism.
pYAkQ TIL The Salvation Army was originally opposed by and fought with The Skeleton Army which was composed of lower and working class citizens, punks and miscreants who objected to the SA's views on abstinence and temperence.
mxB9M TIL In 1784, a bill that would have banned slavery in all US territories failed to pass by one vote because a representative from New Jersey was sick and stayed home.