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TIL the reason milk is sold in bags throughout eastern Canada is linked to the countries transition to the metric system. Dairy producers, faced with having to replace and resize existing milk containers (measured in imperial quarts), found the use of bags to be a cheaper and quicker alternative

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ymdJ TIL that Cuttlefish are one of the only animals besides humans to go into REM sleep. Not only that, but they flash random colors as they do it.
e6jL TIL that in Holland,the government introduced a video, which was compulsory viewing for all would be immigrants, showing gay men kissing and topless bathers, with the specific aim of testing muslim attitudes.
DQwjr TIL that in 1992, the United States Department of Commerce prohibited the manufacture, sale, and shipping of toy guns unless they have an orange tip or are entirely brightly colored.
Z8VjQ TIL that, according to Paul McCartney, after Micheal Jackson bought the rights to The Beatles catalog McCartney asked his friend Michael for a raise in royalties after 30+ years. To which Michael Jackson politely declined and said, "Oh Paul, that's just business."
ep0y4 TIL sea otters were extinct in Washington State between 1910 and 1965. The current population originally came from Alaska and they were evacuated from areas where the US was testing nuclear bombs between 1965 and 1972