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TIL that from 1909-38 Good Housekeeping Magazine’s Seal of Approval was the only U.S. grading system for food, drugs, and cosmetics. The magazine fought a federal grading system. Regulators then found the Seal to be misleading and deceptive, forcing reforms.

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OoDrg TIL oral tradition in Kenya tells that 20 shipwrecked Chinese sailors washed up on shore in the 15th century and were given permission to settle and marry into local tribes. DNA tests conducted by China's government in 2002 on one of the supposed descendants and found that she was of Chinese descent
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