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TIL an Italian restaurant owner boosted business by asking for tons of negative reviews to get around Yelp's positive review blocking practices

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ANLva TIL that in 1947 a researcher at the University of Wisconsin-Madison mutated Penicillium Roqueforti (blue cheese mold), accidentally creating a colorless "blue" cheese. The cheese made from this mutated mold was dubbed Nuworld cheese, and is still being produced for sale in small quantities.
GK1N TIL that in 2012 Jessica Alba co-founded a company that is now valued at one billion dollars, with annual sales of 150 million.
awQX9 TIL that atmospheric pressure at sea level is 14 psi. In other words, your small kitchen table has the weight of like 10 cars on it. And the only reason it doesn't collapse is because the weight of 10 cars is also pushing UP from the bottom (and in all directions). Tis a thiccc atmosphere.
LQjYZ TIL of Narco-Pentecostalism, which is a term used to identify the link between Pentecostal Christianity and Brazillian narco gangs. Gangs under this label use religious iconography within their territories and often persecute non Christian groups, along with other crime such as drugs and violence.
PYQWE TIL McDonald's is one of the largest owners of real estate in the world and it earns the majority of its profits from collecting rent, not from selling food.