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TIL of the Boots Theory of Socioeconomic Unfairness: poor people buy cheap products that need to be replaced repeatedly, proving more expensive in the long run than more expensive items

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ANK8x TIL haggis has been banned from being imported into the US since 1971 due to a ban on food containing sheep lung
DMde TIL Actor Terrence Howard believes 1X1=2 and he currently spends many hours a day constructing models or plastic and wire that he says confirm his belief.
Bre6e TIL that only two varieties of pineapple are still cultivated: Smooth Cayenne and Jamaica Queen
k6od TIL In about 25% of DNA exoneration cases, innocent defendants made incriminating statements, delivered outright confessions or pleaded guilty.
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