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TIL that cranberry sauce cans always have the label on 'upside-down' so that it will be stocked on shelves in the correct orientation, in order to preserve an air bubble in the can that makes it possible to get it out in one piece without having to open both ends.

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ZQwG TIL 1/3rd of people in developed countries are infected with the brain parasite Toxoplasma gondii, which causes lower reaction times, higher testosterone production, and more masculine/dominant faces. It is believed that it changes its host to increase the probability transmission to a new host.
rRAp1 TIL that in 2015 the town of Collecchio in Italy passed a law requiring the use of "silent fireworks" to help reduce stress on veterans, pets, children, and wildlife. While not completely silent, they are much quieter than traditional fireworks and can be more colorful.
Lkmw0 TIL that Chloe Ayling was hired for a gig, was abducted in Milan, Italy, was told she would be sold as a sex slave, had rumors spread about her in 2017 that she faked it by the Daily Mail and is still accused of faking the abduction though her abductor was sentenced for 16 years in 2018.
dDkPQ TIL During the 17th century Salem witch trials, many of the women accused of witchcraft and burned alive are believed to have suffered from epilepsy and community members misinterpreted seizures as demonic possession.
wnl8 TIL that J.K. Rowling was asked to use her initials instead of her full name (Joanne Rowling) because her publishers were worried that boys wouldn’t want to read a book written by a woman