› added 1 year ago

63

TIL that food companies can mark a product as zero calories if a single serving contains less than 5 calories

Read more accessdata.fda.gov

via reddit.com

N7gd6 TIL chilli peppers are used to make paint for ships to prevent barnacles from settling on them. This is a better alternative than toxic paint and is used because barnacles can make a ship use up to 30% more fuel.
aapo TIL Chinese water snake oil reduces inflammation due to being rich in Omega-3. In the 1800’s, Clark ‘The Rattlesnake King’ Stanley, sold ‘100% Snake Oil’. It did not actually contain any snake oil. Hence the term ‘Snake Oil Salesman’.
OoJme TIL of the first native English teacher in Japan, Ranald MacDonald (a grandson of Comcomly), who risked death to enter Japan in 1848. One of his students was Einosuke Moriyama. Despite this, he died a poor man in Washington state. His last words were reportedly "Sayonara, my dear, sayonara..."
ZWwR TIL Scientists created a clock that won’t lose a second in 13.7 billion years
EyN7 TIL, Ming the clam lived to be 507 years old.