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TIL Malt-O-Meal - maker of many cold breakfast cereal knockoffs - got its start making a barley/farina hot cereal called "Malt-O-Meal" to compete with Cream of Wheat.

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LkGWP TIL that not only does Japan have the lowest sexual frequency in the world, it is also the only country where the percentage of people who are not happy with their sex life is higher than that of those who are.
xnrk TIL in 1903, dozens were killed in a Chicago theater fire. The mayor, owner, and building commissioner were all indicted; however, the only person to serve prison time was a tavern owner who looted the corpses of the victims.
GY1MQ TIL in April 1998 two women walked onto The Golden Gate Bridge at the same time intending to commit suicide. They did not know each other, but soon realized they were there for the same reason. A patrol officer saw them sitting on the railing, chatting. One jumped, followed by the other.
x6bWw TIL : Operation Legacy : A British Colonial Office (later Foreign Office) programme to destroy or hide files that would implicate the British Empire in wrongdoing, as to prevent them from being used by their ex-colonies. It ran till 70s
6n88 TIL that in WWII there actually was a land battle fought in US territory, the Battle of Attu, the westernmost Aleutian Island.