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TIL "may you live in interesting times" is not a Chinese curse

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PDYL TIL that as a result of Breyers adding excessive amounts of additives in their ice cream to cut costs, Canada has determined their product no longer contains enough milk and cream to meet labeling requirements for ice cream, and must be labeled “Frozen Dairy Dessert”,or “Frozen Dessert.”
JYKb8 TIL The influenza epidemic of 1918 killed an estimated 675,000 Americans (far more than the 53,402 who died in combat in World War I). The impact was so profound as to depress average life expectancy in the U.S. by >10 years & may have played a significant role in ending the World War 1 conflict.
KN9B TIL Sex trafficking is the fastest growing business of organized crime with an estimated revenue of $32 billion annually, or $87 million a day. There are an estimated 15,000 to 18,000 trafficking victims in the U.S alone.
76ab TIL When Michael Jackson was 21, he wrote a personal note promising to re-invent himself as the greatest entertainer of all time.
9YDgD TIL that Southwest China has a "cliff village", 800 meters above the ground. The only way to the outside world from the village was to climb down 17 rattan ladders, among which were two linked vertical rattan ladders 100 meters long.