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TIL that Rose's lime juice was the world's first commercially produced fruit concentrate.

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bRBE TIL the Dodge Brothers built all of the engines for Oldsmobile and all of the parts for the Ford Model T. They also served beer to employees at the factory on hot days and had a part of the plant called the “Play Pen” where workers could invent and create things after hours.
GYKD5 TIL that the Battle of Mogadishu (1993) is known as the Day of the Rangers in Somalian
d8r5j TIL Australians use nearly twice as much coal per person than Americans and five times as much as the rest of the world.
5KeB TIL surgeons wear green or blue-coloured scrubs because they’re the complementary to red (blood), thus allowing the surgeon to better visualize the patient’s inside, and avoiding eye strain, loss of concentration and the ‘after effect’ illusion.
4XJva TIL the iconic picture of Earth coined, 'The Blue Marble", was the first picture that viewed the entire planet as a whole and was only possible due to the sun being behind the Apollo 17 crew. Originally, the image was South up with Antarctica on top, but NASA flipped it to be more recognizable.