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TIL that US Food Is BANNED In 30 Countries

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Yp6dP TIL the weight of the entire internet is calculated to be around 50 grams
E1Wld TIL Apples do not reproduce true to type, meaning that the tree from the seed will produce apples that are almost certain to be different than the parent. Unless you pollinate the tree by hand, there is no way to know who the other parent is, considering bees could have used almost every other tree
D5DP TIL Aflac, An American ‘insurance company’ has been rated as one of the most ethical companies for seven straight years.
GYlj4 TIL Curious George, the beloved children's book and its authors, escaped the Nazis and the Holocaust by escaping France by bicycle. Margaret and H.A. Rey biked 439 miles from Paris to the Spain border with little else besides their unpublished manuscript about a mischievous monkey.
dDlDK TIL: That the movie Philadelphia was shot in chronological order as Tom Hanks, playing a character with AIDS, had to gradually lose weight over the course of the film. It was also felt that this would help Hanks follow a clearer emotional trajectory.