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TIL many companies, including Sean John, have been caught mislabeling raccoon dog fur as faux fur.

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m1n8R TIL that Eliza Dushku, when playing Faith in Buffy the Vampire Slayer, had to be emancipated to work long hours as a minor. The judge handling her case was a Buffy fan and joked Eliza would have to sign a photo for the judge if she wanted the emancipation approved.
KPoB TIL Hitlerszalonna, or “Hitler Bacon,” was the nickname given to a dense jam eaten by Hungarian soldiers and citizens during WWII. Before the war, the Austrian Emporer would send troops packages of bacon (Kaiser Bacon), but when Hitler took over the bacon was replaced with fruit jam, hence the name.
Yp7A TIL that the severe decrease in crime rates in the 1990s is often attributed in part to the increase in abortions after Roe v Wade was passed in 1973.
69reW TIL that Dippin Dots, the popular ice cream snack commonly found in stadiums, arenas, and theme parks, was originally created as cryogenically frozen cow feed.
GJM4 TIL that Dexter Holland, the front man of Offspring, is a PhD student helping study how… microRNA sequences can help fight against HIV. And while he was a young grad student at USC, he came up with the phrase “gotta keep ‘em separated” while waiting for two petri dishes to cool off.