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TIL that almost all of the buildings that collapsed in the Great Hanshin (Kobe) 1995 earthquake and the 2011 Tohoku (Fukushima) earthquake were built before the 1981 “shin-taishin”, or New Earthquake Resistant Building Standard Amendment, was enacted.

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OobOL TIL about food scientist Robert Baker who invented the chicken nugget in a laboratory at Cornell University in the early 1960s. He successfully created a "chicken stick" that would retain form when freezing or frying. Instead of patenting the invention, he sent the recipe to hundreds of companies.
54MR TIL due to Bob Barker’s animal rights activism any episode of the Price is Right featuring a fur or fur coat as a prize was cut from syndication
g7Yb TIL In 1964, the United States actually ran out of Pop-Tarts. A Kellogg’s spokesperson said, “In 1964, the first shipment of Pop-Tarts sold out in just two weeks.”
8KEa TIL that “Quinnine” (the stuff in tonic water) has been used to treat Malaria all the way back to 1631 in Rome and also played a key role in colonizing West Africa
6EnL7 TIL that in America, you have to pay a fee of $40 just to have skin to skin contact with your newborn baby.