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TIL most cartoon characters have 4 fingers because it saves time and money during the animation process.

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GYdl5 TIL that fruit punch was invented as an alternative to beer by men working for the British East India Company. This is because the beer on their ships went bad when they reached the Indian Ocean. They ended up using rum, fruit, and spices available in their new location to create punch.
kORK4 TIL About a third of all fish and seafood eaten around the world is mislabelled. And the amount of fraud being committed is increasing.
m1lwv TIL- For every 1 person living on earth, there are 15 dead people. Over 100 billion humans have been and gone before us.
v1ODr TIL that an African American secret service agent that guarded JFK was arrested and imprisoned on bribery charges in 1964. Coincidentally he was going to tell the Warren Commission that his fellow agents were intoxicated most of the time and had a lackadaisical approach to their job
R54 TIL that the cancellation of “The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack” spawned “Adventure Time” and “Regular Show”