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TIL food industries were aggressively opposed to writing "insect-based" on ingredient labels even though many products we consume and buy are made with insects. The FDA and EU agreed to allow variations. So, now, when you see "carmine", "cochineal", "natural red 4", or "E120" - that also means bugs.

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7rojX TIL A familiar stranger is a stranger who is nonetheless recognised by another from regularly sharing a common physical space such as a street or bus stop, but with whom one does not interact.
LkMXp TIL of Inmate 4859, Witold Pilecki, a Polish intelligence officer that voluntarily entered Auschwitz to gather intel. He escaped and reported the atrocities occurring at Auschwitz. His report was dismissed under the belief that he was exaggerating what was occurring at Auschwitz.
7reWx TIL that Billy Joel never sells front row seats in order to see the real fans right in front of him. He gives them away to random people in the cheap seats so that front row isn't always just wealthy people.
4XlKw TIL a man drove through the fence of a California home before stopping in the yard. He panicked, forgot to put it in reverse and slammed into the house. Residents took his keys after finding him but moments later he had taken their car keys and accidentally drove their car into the house too, again
M7J5B TIL the loud thumping air pressure changes in a moving car when a single window is rolled down is called Helmholtz Resonance. This also occurs when air is blown into the mouth of an empty bottle.