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TIL about Molly Bears - One woman’s mission to help grieving mothers after miscarriages one bear at a time.

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GPMJ TIL that McDonald’s faced controversy when they opened their first stores in the U.K. Applicants were asked if they wished to contribute money to an I.R.A. McDonald’s was referring to an Individual Retirement Account, but the public assumed they meant the Irish Republican Army.
VBWMp TIL the Boeing factory in Seattle is so massive that rain clouds began to form inside the facility until a state-of-the-art air circulation system was installed
oRP5o TIL: We know more about the surface of Mars that the deepest part of our oceans
a7Vb TIL that during the 2008 world hops shortage, the Samuel Adams brewery sold 108 craft breweries their excess hops, at cost, to help prevent them from going under.
BgJ6y TIL that ALDH-2 deficiency (sometimes referred to as “Asian Glow”), a genetic mutation which causes a defective acetaldehyde-removing enzyme, and affects over 560 million people worldwide (particularly East Asia) puts an individual who consumes alcohol at significant risk for esophageal cancer.