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TIL Heinz ketchup can't legally be called 'ketchup' in Israel because it doesn't contain enough tomato paste.

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rRWgx TIL of William Kamkwamba, who taught himself to build windmills from library books. He built his first windmill, at age 15, out of junk from the scrap yard and brought power to his Malawian village. Later on he built another windmill to power water pumps to irrigate fields.
vP1j7 TIL the Hall & Oates song "I Can't Go For That" is not about a relationship between two lovers, but about the way the music industry treats artists. John Oates said that the song is really about "not being pushed around by big labels, managers, & agents".
b98E Today I learned that the duchess of York was banned from the royal house for letting a man suck her toes
9wWKQ TIL Walt Disney originally planned to have The Wizard of Oz be the company’s second animated feature film after Snow White but the film rights were scooped up by MGM
RpA8 TIL: If your kid sends a letter to any Disney character and they will return a postcard to them...