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OoMaa TIL that Foreign branding is the process of naming a product to sound exotic. An example is Häagen-Dazs, which was invented in the Bronx.
A9ag TIL That unwashed eggs still have their protective coating, the bloom, and are safe to store on the counter. Many modern countries wash eggs before sale so they ‘look’ cleaner and safer, but this opens the pores of the shell for infection from bacteria during storage time.
5Dm9 TIL: The first President of Zimbabwe was President Banana. A law was passed forbidding citizens from making jokes about his name.
M7jbV TIL the entire planet’s Rare-Earth Metals market in 2023 was under US$6 billion, far less than $500 billion in “rare earths”.
OADe TIL Leonardo DiCaprio had to play a poorer version of himself in Wolf of Wall Street because he is richer in real life than the character he was playing. DiCaprio made 59 million for Inception, 20 million for The Great Gatsby and 10 million for Wolf of Wall Street. Those are only three of his films.