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TIL $41 billion worth of gift cards have likely gone unredeemed from 2005 to 2011.

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NXZDb TIL that the food SPAM is a mix of "Spice" and "Ham", despite the fact that neither of those ingredients are included in SPAM
wL6b7 TIL that Danone, the company known for yoghurt, has its own exclusive probiotic strain that it uses in it’s products.
lLAr TIL that the Korean alphabet, known as Hangul, was introduced by King Sejong in the 1440s to improve literacy. The difficulty of Chinese characters favored privileged aristocrats, whereas Sejong’s phonetic alphabet allowed Koreans of all classes to learn how to read and write
YpbDv TIL America's first banned book in 1637, the "New English Canaan". The author lampoons and criticizes the Puritans and compares their leadership to crustaceans because Puritans believed that Indians were wild men that needed to be suppressed (among other thing). It's been sold at auction for $60,000
ANDPn TIL about Perpetual bonds, which, as the name implies, have no maturity date and pay interest forever. One of the oldest was issued by the Dutch water board on May 15, 1648, and is now in the possession of Yale University. The annual interest payment is €11.35 as of 2004.