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TIL that in Japan in 1980s, you could buy computer parts at cheap prices from shopping arcades and have them made into computers

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N7J9P TIL that Canada is making numerous changes to its food labeling laws. Among other changes, companies must list the daily value of sugar on their nutrition labels, and also must group sugar-based ingredients together in ingredient lists
dDJpd TIL Bigorexia is a condition where someone thinks that their body is puny or not muscular enough, even if objectively they would be considered fit or athletic by other people, the condition is also called Muscle Dysmorphia. About 10% of the men going to the gym suffers from it.
NPYQ TIL that Target (yes, that Target) runs a state of the art crime lab, one of only twelve accredited private labs in the world, on its corporate campus in Minnesota. It often provides outside assistance to law enforcement at no charge and has been involved in a number of high profile cases.
4kvMX TIL the "Nutrition Facts" label on packaged food sold in the US is regulated by the Nutrition Labeling and Education Act of 1990, which was signed into law by President George H. W. Bush.
l7gn5 TIL The left-right political spectrum was born of parliamentary seating arrangements after the French Revolution, where revolutionaries were seated to the left and monarchists to the right of the president in the national assembly.