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TIL that a Japanese toy company designed a transforming toy of Jesus Christ on the cross, which turns into a mechanized battle robot

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X4YR TIL that some fruit spreads use 3 different types of sweeteners. Why 3? Because if the company used only 1, it would have to list “sugar” as the first item on the ingredient list. By spreading the impact over three sweeteners, it can push fruit to the top of the list and hide the sweeteners below.
oBkZE TIL Nakatomi Plaza in the movie “Die Hard” is actually 20th Century Fox’s headquarters and they charged themselves rent to use it
e0XoJ TIL a babirusa's tusks grow upwards through the skin, curve back, and can get so long they penetrate the babirusa's own skull, killing it.
w6lo TIL that an anti-piracy firm Prenda Law has been seeding and uploading movies that they have bought rights to, to bait torrent downloaders and make them pay-out-of-court damages.
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