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TIL that several European countries, including France and Germany, have the Nutri Score, which is printed on food and indicates how healthy it is

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M74M0 TIL that Nursing Activision-Blizzard employees kept getting their breast milk stolen
4Xj6X TIL of Vitaly Yurchenko, a KGB officer who was turned by the CIA and defected to the US. He gave the name of 2 moles, and in 1985 disappeared just before eating at a French restaurant in DC. He later reappeared in Russia, saying he was drugged and kidnapped by the CIA, and was given a medal.
jNBKa TIL Edith Fore, of "I've fallen and can't get up!" fame, began making commercials after actually falling, hitting her head, and, activating her medic alert. When Life Call responded, she gave her famous response. Life Call later selected Mrs. Fore to appear in commercials giving her testimonial.
OoxpX TIL of Hans Munch - the good man of Auschwitz - the only doctor who refused to participate in the selection process. He created elaborate, safe, experiments to keep his subjects from being exterminated. He is the only person to be acquitted at the Auschwitz Trials.
vPeo7 TIL that the closing song, "(I've Had) The Time of My Life", from the movie Dirty Dancing, has been listed as the "third most popular song played at funerals" in the UK