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TIL taking lots of photos at an event will actually decrease your ability to build memories of it

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6wRY TIL that in the United States, the USDA stipulates that canned “fruit cocktail” must contain a certain percentage distribution of pears, grapes, cherries, peaches, and pineapples to be marketed as fruit cocktail.
lRn5 TIL falcons are females, tiercels are males. Therefore, the Atlanta Falcons are all girls.
9aj6 TIL that in 2009, Disney-owned Lucasfilm successfully sued Verizon Wireless over their line of Android phones named “DROID” as “droid” is a registered trademark of LucasFilm. Since the Steve Jobs Trust is one of Disney’s largest shareholders, Jobs’ estate makes money when a DROID is sold.
awLRy TIL The N1 moon rocket was originally purposed as a super-heavy ICBM capable of delivering a 100-megaton warhead
5Yo8p TIL about Jessie Knight: Britain's 1st female tattoo artist. She was also a star circus sharpshooter who shot her abusive ex-husband.