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TIL that the clothing company Patagonia has a sustainably sourced food line.

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Z8AMD TIL that the 1911 obituary of American millionaire Frank Work contained his rant against the arranged marriages of American heiresses to British noblemen for dowry. He thought it should be a 'hanging offence' - the waste of American money paying off private debts in exchange for aristocratic titles.
kJv6e TIL in the 1800s, before refrigeration, ice used to be imported from countries that could harvest it from natural sources
16OO TIL that, contrary to depictions in science fiction, the human body can briefly survive in outer space unprotected, and that the human skin doubles in size, more resembling a body builder than a balloon.
W7YpX TIL Hawaii is not part of North America (or any continent) but is in the geographic region Oceania
OGxp1 TIL the current flag of South Africa is only 30 years old and was literally designed a few weeks prior to it being officially hoisted on 27 April 1994