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TIL there has been an ongoing boycott against Nestlé since 1977 protesting their promotion of baby formula in developing countries

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gkJW TIL that every military working dog is always one rank higher than its handler so that mistreatment of the dog is considered assault on an officer of higher rank.
dZy9 TIL there are hundreds of 1000-year-old underground tunnel systems in Bavaria, and nobody really knows who built them or what they’re for.
epxWL TIL about "Hammerspace," the imaginary dimension from which cartoon characters pull out random objects.
5dgB TIL while most of Noah Webster’s ‘Americanized’ spellings (such as 'center’ and 'color’) caught on, some did not, such as his changing of 'tongue’ to 'tung’.
QNNpL TIL the first and last Australian torchbearers for the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games were Nova Peris & Cathy Freeman, who are both Aboriginal women, both Olympic gold medalists, both holders of the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) and were both previously awarded Young Australian of the Year.