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TIL that Pringles qualified as crisps/potato chips under a ruling of a British Court despite being 42% potatoes

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9w6rp TIL it is estimated that at least 1 in 7 American adults have chronic kidney disease.
Ooej1 TIL the ancient Chinese used natural gas for lighting purposes around 500 B.C., using bamboo pipelines to transport the gas for miles.
Yp71G TIL that a river in New Zealand has been given legal status as a living entity and possesses the same rights as a human being.
vP4mj TIL The plane crash in Breaking Bad mirrors the real-life 1986 Cerritos mid-air collision, and the junior air traffic controller involved was actually named Walter White.
nedVB TIL the wealth gap in America is almost unimaginable even when looking at it visually. 1,000 seconds is almost 17 minutes. 1 million seconds is about 12 days. 1 billion seconds is 31.7 years. This is what having $163.3B looks like.