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TIL that there are Zoroastrians in India

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9Yl17 TIL during WW2 when Ford produced the Merlin engine they claimed they couldn't following the sent plans. Rolls-Royce, designer of the Merlin, assumed Ford was incapable of meeting their high standards, only to learn that the tolerances were too loose and didn't meet the precision required for cars
j6n4E TIL If our Sun was of the size of a red blood cell, the Milky Way would be as big as the continental United States
awwEN TIL in 1954, the Peanuts character "Pig-Pen" made his debut in a strip directly parodying Piggy from Lord of the Flies. He declares, "I haven't got a name ... people just call me things ... real insulting things".
vPB0x TIL that Canola is actually a contraction of "Canadian Oil, Low Acid"
wLvOP TIL despite a US law stating that all physicians must be trained in the field of nutrition, a study of physicians in internal medicine showed that while 94% agreed it was their obligation to discuss nutrition with patients, only 14% felt they were adequately trained to provide nutrition counseling.