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TIL a barcode reader actually reads the white space, not the black

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NAV6 TIL that there is an environmental movement that wants humans to voluntarily stop reproducing until we go extinct. Their slogan is “May we live long and die out”
pYOpQ TIL Girl Scout cookies can have different names depending on which bakery the scout purchases their stock from
nWyQb TIL that in 2008, Tesla took the TV series Top Gear to court for libel and malicious falsehood after it suggested one of its vehicles had run out of power after only 55 miles. The High Court of Justice in London rejected Tesla's libel claim in 2011
WKvB TIL: Banana flavored candy tastes that way because that’s how bananas tasted until the 1960s, when a fungus wiped out that strain of bananas. Today another fungus threatens the strain of bananas we eat.
b91A4 TIL a baby born while a war is going on is more likely to be male