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TIL: Momofuku Ando, the inventor of insta ramen believed his noodles could cure world hunger. Over the decades he would shout quotes to his employees which includes, "Mankind is noodlekind", "What are you doing now?", and "Peace will come when people have food" which are in the employee handbook.

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16VbX TIL of the Middlemist Red Camilla, the rarest flower on earth. Only two known specimens exist: a garden in New Zealand and a greenhouse in the UK.
695Wl TIL of Eddie Futch who trained four of the five fighters (Joe Frazier, Ken Norton, Larry Holmes and Trevor Berbick), who defeated Muhammad Ali.
wLdk1 TIL- The US government had a secret operation called 'Project Eldest Son' during the Vietnam war. It involved leaving behind thousands of rounds of faulty ammo that would backfire in Vietcong AKs while also leaking fake documents that questioned quality control in Chinese munition factories.
kJWwd TIL In a feat of rage, Emperor Hadrian once stabbed a slave in the eye with a pen. Feeling regretful whe he calmed down, Hadrian called the slave and told him to ask for literally anything as compensation. The slave replied "i just want my eye back"
0wYp TIL: Despite having many more lucrative offers, Charles Bukowski stayed with the same publisher his entire career because, “They took a chance on an unknown writer, and I am forever grateful.”