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TIL that in 1953, Swanson overestimated the number of frozen turkeys that it would sell on Thanksgiving by 260 tons. The company decided to slice up the extra meat and repackage it--creating the first ever TV dinner.

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5YYmP TIL A World War II veteran reunited with his wartime girlfriend after losing contact for 72 years
Yp0Jx TIL that the U.S. state of Washington has a law prohibiting the state from preparing for a nuclear war
Meaka TIL: Min horses are used as blind guides. They have a very wide range of vision, with a range of nearly 350 degrees. Horses are the only guide animals capable of independent eye movement and they can track potential danger with each eye. Horses can see clearly in almost total darkness.
edBg TIL: At the height of its power, now bankrupt Kodak employed more than 140,000 people and was worth $28 billion. In comparison, when Instagram was sold to Facebook for a billion dollars in 2012, it employed only 13 people.
6nLW TIL Norway owns an uninhabited frozen island located halfway between Africa and Antarctica.