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TIL that cheese is the most shoplifted food at 4% globally being stolen

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4XdvR TIL the reason a bag of potato chips contains mostly air is not to deceive the consumer into believing there is more product. Instead, the air (called slack fill) provides cushioning that protects the chips. "Less air, more chips but they are shattered or More air, fewer chips but they are whole"
AN7PB TIL: There is a myth about Korean Virgin Ghosts which are formed when an unmarried women dies. They haunt newly married couples. If you get possessed by one, you'd harbor strong resentment and are unmarriable. Virgin ghosts are counteracted by phallic shrines, dolls, and burying them upside down.
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loD0V TIL All modern penicillin can be traced back to a single moldy cantaloupe from a small grocery store in Peoria, Illinois
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