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TIL the allowable FDA limits of maggots, larvae, insect parts, rodent hairs, excrement, and other “filth” in food items

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4kyka TIL about Myotragus, an extinct dwarf goat with a small brain and small, forward-facing eyes, with a reptile-like metabolism which helped it to survive on a resource-scarce Mediterranean island.
R7Lkj TIL About Rachel Corrie, an American Peace Activist that was killed by Israeli Defense Forces when they were bulldozing Palestinian homes
NXejM TIL that the Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport (MKE) is the only airport in the USA and perhaps the world to have a used bookstore: a branch of Renaissance Books.
e01Qb TIL that a carpenter from Lowa used his life savings to send 33 strangers to college. He grew up poor and had no wife or child of his own. He went to work every and thanks to his efforts he saved up almost 3mil "I never got the opportunity to go to college. So, I'd like to help kids go to college."
QQ4d TIL Frederick Fleet, the fellow that spotted the fatal iceberg that caused the Titanic to sink, survived and committed suicide 53 years later.