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TIL Baby Carrots were invented to prevent waste. In 1986, a Packing Plant owner in California came up with the baby carrot as a way of not wasting misshapen carrots. They became an instant hit.

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D9YY TIL that development of the F-35 fighter jet exceeded the would-be cost of sending humans to Mars.
VMxPk TIL that there is a recurring provision prohibiting a redesign of the $1 bill. This is done to dissuade calls to change the bill and because of the cost to the vending machine industry
OGnY TIL that in the 1960s Goodyear Tire manufactured illuminated tires in different colors.
8eNA4 TIL David Suzuki was beaten as a child at a Japanese concentration camp in Canada by both ethnic Japanese and white children
AmmB TIL of Tony Stein. On the first day if the assault on Iwo Jima, Stein cleared multiple enemy pillboxes using his custom M1919 machine gun named “Stinger.” During the assault he made a total of 8 trips back to the beach to reload on ammunition and carried a wounded soldier on his back each trip.