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GArrG TIL that the author of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Roald Dahl, started as a fighter pilot and intelligence officer prior to his prominence as an author.
M4Ka TIL some companies package beef in a carbon monoxide atmosphere to keep the meat looking pink or “fresh” up to one full year. This only affects the color though; the meat still spoils normally
PBeV TIL that during the Great Depression of the 1930s, flour manufacturers saw women turning their flour sacks into clothing, diapers, dish cloths, and more, so they started packing their flour in pretty patterns.
pKJb TIL Detroit once had a tourist attraction more popular than the Statue of Liberty. The Ford Rotunda was built for the 1934 World’s Fair and was the fifth most visited site in the U.S. before burning to the ground in 1962
9wQxB TIL about the Chinese "Fuxing high-speed train" which is among the world's fastest at 350 km/h (217 mph)