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TIL china makes fake rice out of plastic and sells it as normal rice

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W79E8 TIL Canada developed the Ross Rifle because the British wouldn't give them Lee-Enfields during the 1899–1902 South African War. After the war the British urged Canada to switch to the Lee-Enfield but Canada refused. Ross Rifle proved ineffective in WW1 and Canada switched to the Lee-Enfield in 1916.
kdl5 TIL that the Hammurabi Code of the Babylonians punished with death the sale of watered down beer.
rRBdd TIL: All 50 of the Fortune 50 are already using Artificial Intelligence at their Organizations.
4XDwR TIL A 2015 study by Clear Labs found that 10% of vegetarian hot dogs sold in the US had meat in them. An additional 2% contained human DNA
QNeZM TIL about Sen Bob Kerrey, who murdered woman and children in Vietnam