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TIL that the US FDA allows any food product containing less than five calories per serving to be labeled as “zero calories.”

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rNEk4 TIL Animals can experience time differently from humans. To smaller animals, the world around them moves more slowly compared to humans. Salamanders and lizards, for example, experience time more slowly than cats and dogs.
XEXnR TIL consonants and vowels are defined by the sound they make when voiced, not the letters themselves. For example, the letter U is a vowel in ‘undergrad’ and a consonant in ‘university.’ The letter W is a consonant in ‘whisky’ and vowel(ish) in ‘saw.’
JYrO4 TIL the Steel Drum was created in Trinidad and Tobago after the British banned African percussion music and traditional stick-fighting after the Canboulay Riots in 1890. Steel Drums later emerged made from frying pans, dustbin lids, and, of course, oil drums due to the country's oil resources.
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7vvr TIL John Cena has granted over 500 wishes to children through Make-A-Wish. The most in Make-A-Wish history.