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TIL up to 100,000 people in Hong Kong live in “Cage Homes” - a 6ft x 2ft metal cage covering a bed

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wR7E TIL the very first barcode scanned was for a pack of Juicy Fruit in Troy, Ohio on June 26, 1974. The pack of gum and its receipt are now on display at the Smithsonian Institute.
JY57Q TIL of a building in Silver Spring, Md. that has an inflatable shark on it in relation to Discovery Channels's Shark Week.
m108o TIL the absence of lunulae (the half moon shape on fingernails) is common among people with depression
6lWQ TIL a woman gave birth to a healthy baby after having committed suicide
dD0MQ TIL that California company, Postum Foods, bought East-Coast brand, Hellman's Mayonnaise, in 1927. As a result of the merger, to present day, both brands were preserved in their respective territories, with Hellman's being sold East of the Rockies and Postum (now Best Foods) sold in the West.