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TIL that under FDA guidelines, the calories per serving listed in nutrition labels can be as much as 20% off the actual calorie count

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yQEOv TIL Jack the Giant-killer, Beanstalk-climber, of Lanterns and Frost fame, and often paired with Jill, is in fact an Archetypal Hero/Stock Character in Cornish and English folklore, and is believed to be the same person.
v1yVD TIL the words 'cream' and 'Christ' are cognates; they derive from the same root meaning 'anoint' (rubbing things together with oil both practically and religiously).
wLOR6 TIL that there is a very rare and special type of gemstone that can only be found and formed in fossils of extinct species of cephalopods over the process of hundreds of millions of years. The most expensive opal in the world is one of these being an opalized fossil valued at over $1,000,000.
R71B1 TIL about the Pakasuchus Kapilimai, a crocodile-like creature from the Cretaceous period that had long legs and mammal-like teeth. Also referred to as the Cat Crocodile.
7xK7 TIL: That 40% of white men and 50% of black men will be arrested at least once for non traffic offences before the age of 23 in the USA