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TIL that the '=' sign was designed in 1557 by Robert Recorde, having gotten fed up with writing 'is equal to'. He decided that there was nothing more equal than two parallel lines, and designed the symbol from that logic

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e0QwD TIL of the existance of a group called "The Foundation to Decrease Worldsuck" who exists solely for the purpose of raising funds to be donated to other non-profit organizations.
b6jLN TIL Evel Knievel holds the world record for the most broken bones at 433, over twice the amount of bones in the human body
ANAAl TIL that Dr. John Gueriguian, a medical reviewer at the FDA, warned about the toxic effects of Rezulin, but after the company developing the drug complained, he was removed and his review was deleted by FDA. Rezulin ended up killing dozens of people and resulted in hundreds of liver toxicities.
axLN TIL that a bowl of PF Chang’s hot and sour soup contains 7980mg of sodium. Nearly three and a half days worth of the recommended daily allowance.
5YBmD TIL food powder is the most common format of food material in the market.