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TIL that Capri-Sun was invented in West Germany in 1969, originally called Capri-Sonne in Germany, after the Italian island of Capri.

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0de1y TIL The British Monarch has 'The Royal Prerogative of Mercy' which allows them to grant pardons to convicted people. Queen Elizabeth II has pardoned a few people, the most famous of whom was a posthumous pardon for Alan Turing, convicted for 'Homosexual Acts' as was illegal in 1952.
x6Je7 TIL that in parts of the UK, a rule from 1902 mandates that homes facing each other at the rear must be built 21 meters apart. This specific distance was determined by two urban designers who measured how far apart they could see each other's nipples through their shirts.
pYwxZ TIL that in 1940, after the fall of France during WW2, the British Royal Navy attacked and destroyed, neutralized or captured the largest ships in the French naval fleet in order to ensure they would not fall into German hands.
XEeKP TIL the original inventor of perforated toilet paper included a diagram in the patent (filed 1891), which clearly shows the correct orientation of the roll is over, not under.
vNVr TIL that Namco holds a patent which allows only them to make mini-games in loading screens.The patent will expire later this year.