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TIL the first UPC ever scanned was a 10 pack Juicy Fruit in 1974.

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lo59K TIL that in 2015, the State of New York conducted DNA tests on popular supplements and found that in 4 out of 5 cases the pills contained nothing more than filler
woO6E TIL that there is enough space between the moon and the Earth that all of the other planets in our solar system could fit between them.
Xvj8 TIL The Nation of Islam states that White People are “Devils” created by a scientist named Yakub on the Greek Island of Patmos.
d8yR9 TIL that Andrew McAulay, an Australian mountaineer and sea kayaker, disappeared at sea while attempting to kayak 1600 km (994 mi) across the Tasman Sea from Australia to New Zealand in February 2007.His body was never found.
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