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TIL The order of ingredients on a product's packaging is determined by their quantity, with the most abundant ingredient listed first.

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XEQ1D TIL that all large land animals belong to two lineages: synapsids and sauropsids. Mammals are the last surviving synapsids; but our ancient synapsid forbears dominated the world in the Permian period before the age of the (sauropsid) dinosaur usurpers.
gMA5b TIL: Hitler and the Nazis were big on environmentalism. The Nazis were the first European nation to establish nature reserves and order the protection of wildlife and passed numerous animal rights law. At times the soldiers were order to plant trees on the battlefield.
W7Xj4 TIL that SOS never actually stood for anything, but instead was a Morse code distress signal that used these letters since they were easy to signal
VMlVG TIL that besides 3 commonly known types of chocolate (e.g Dark, White, Milk) Swiss chocolatiers also recognise fourth type: Ruby. The chocolate's taste is described as "sweet yet sour", with "little to none" of the cocoa flavour traditionally associated with other varieties of chocolate.
16V5V TIL in 1982, Linn Electronics released the LinnDrum drum machine as a cheaper and more widely produced product than its predecessor, the 1980 Linn LM-1. The LinnDrum then became a staple of ‘80s music, and was used by artists like Prince, MJ, Kate Bush, Fleetwood Mac, John Carpenter, and more.