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Jv5m TIL that orange juice loses all of it’s flavor during the de-oxyginaztion process, what allows the juice to keep in vats for up to a year. Juice company’s hire the manufactures of such perfumes as CK and Dior to make “flavor packs” to make the flavorless liquid taste like juice again.
p8BNe TIL that a magazine called Continuum constantly published articles denouncing the HIV/AIDs as a hoax from 1992 until 2001, before ceasing its publication because all its contributors died from AIDs-defining clinical conditions.
69YLW TIL that the French had for the best part of 5 centuries a very lucrative salt tax. So much so that at some point it was as valuable to France, as the American silver mines were to Spain (according to Cardinal Richelieu)
GmJE TIL that ‘Vol De Mort’ means 'Flight From Death’ in French, roughly describing the quest for immortality.
m6Ox TIL that after uncovering the ruins of Pompeii, researchers discovered ancient graffiti including phrases such as: “Weep, you girls. My penis has given you up. Now it penetrates men’s behinds. Goodbye, wondrous femininity!”