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TIL Samsung started out dealing in dried-fish, groceries, and noodles

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BdEx TIL cake mix used to contain powdered egg, and only needed water; Betty Crocker made the decision to take it out and sales skyrocketed. Due to housewives feeling that the simple step of adding a real egg somehow made the cake more homemade/authentic, and gave them a sense of contribution.
X098E TIL that Led Zeppelin's attorney helped assemble a hard rock band called Blackjack. The band, fronted by singer Michael Bolotin, opened for major rock acts. Poor sales and a lack of label support caused Blackjack to disband, and Bolotin changed his name to Michael Bolton and started a solo career.
R74bw TIL that the myth that Spinach is good for low Iron (it actually prevents the body from absorbing it) was caused by a decimal point error in the 1930s that declared it had 10x the Iron concentration of other vegetables (it's average at best)
kOgK1 TIL a study found that people had empathy for an attacked victim suffering a broken leg, multiple lacerations and unconscious in the following order, most empathy to least empathy: a one-year-old human, a puppy, an adult dog, a 30-year-old man.
oNZ7 TIL McDonald’s made the design of the McFlurry container hedgehog friendly, so hedgehogs wouldn’t get stuck in them getting leftover food.