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TIL comedian Tom Naughton made a documentary in response to “Super Size Me” to basically debunk everything Morgan Spurlock showed in his movie.

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Xbo8 TIL For decades the lead industry successfully blamed parents (specifically minorities) for child lead poisoning
GW4j TIL that a woman believed “crunch berries” in Cap'n crunch were actual fruit for years, and attempted to sue Pepsico when she found out they weren’t. The judge dismissed it as “common sense” knowledge.
xwND TIL That whether or not Judges have recently eaten may significantly impact their decisions to grant or deny parole.
WkxoL TIL John Colter (member of Lewis and Clark expedition) Was captured and forced to sprint for his life by a group of Blackfeet Indians for 6 miles before killing 1 Indian, hiding in a beaver dam, and walking to a fort for 11 days (all while naked.)
wLPOJ TIL the phrase "no strings attached” is directly tied to 18th century fabric merchants who would mark flaws in woven cloth by tying small strings to the bottom of the bolts at the locations where flaws were present.