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TIL that Monsanto has sued 145 individual US farmers since the 1990s for patent infringement relating to its genetically modified seed, including cases of unwanted contamination by Monsanto’s seed

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5YKep TIL The song 'Glycerine' by the band Bush was written about Gavin Rossdale's relationship with his girlfriend at the time, a model named Jasmine Lewis. The title comes from the explosive applications of glycerine to stabilize nitro. Rossdale said the song was about how love was like a bomb.
Eg9Ww TIL Mitt Romney's dad George was given a McDonald's for Life card from founder Ray Kroc
j64N TIL Salman Rushdie (Author of the Satanic Verses) played Super Mario World to keep his mind off of the fear of assassination.
KG1E TIL Japan has a lifetime employment system where large companies hire regular employees right out of school and keep them until retirement and new employees are chosen for their general potential, not because of any special skills or training.
nWDZP TIL of German psychologist Hermann Ebbinghaus. He created a list of nonsensical words to test his memory. He demonstrated that increased repetitions led to increased retention, graphing the relationship in what would be known as the learning curve.