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jNlxR TIL Mexico passed a law that requires food packages to display large black octagonal "warnings" if the product is high in sugar, sodium, calories, or unhealthy fats.
D1KxV TIL in 1974, a couple disappeared along with their yacht from the uninhabited Palmyra Atoll while vacationing. Theyd feuded with a man on the island, whose boat was not seaworthy and was out of supplies. 7 years later, the wife's body washed ashore Palmyra, and the man was convicted of her murder.
yJQw TIL a company called Beyond Meat makes protein-rich and sustainable meat alternatives made entirely from plants. Bill Gates writes that he was “fooled by how real it tasted” and called it “a taste of the future of food”.
QNbZ9 TIL in the original pitch for Star Trek, Spock was described as "probably half Martian". It was later changed to half Vulcan because Gene Roddenberry thought humans might actually walk on Mars while the show was still running.
ANo4B TIL there's a Nissan Juke and a Toyota Camry on the reverse side of Cambodia's 500-Riel Note