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TIL Many hipster "Craft Beers" are actually owned by large companies, including Coca Cola. (infographic only shows Australian brands)

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5Yb4Q TIL about chlorine triflouride, a better oxidiser than Oxygen. It can set fire to things that are normally not flammable such as concrete, glass, flesh, sand, steel, asbestos, and ash. It is also extremely corrosive and will corrode things like Gold, Iridium, and Platinum.
4XY0g TIL for much of the 1800s in the UK, Sunday and Monday were the unofficial weekend, with Sunday for Church and Monday being adopted by workers as an unofficial holiday, mockingly called "St. Monday" (like a religious holiday). By the late 1800s, Monday became a workday, and Saturday a half workday.
7rlxr TIL Costco loses $30-40 million a year on their $5 rotisserie chickens because they refuse to raise the price
QNGeL TIL that forks used to be a thing in ancient China but were later replaced by chopsticks
a8x4J TIL only ten countries officially recognize a national sport - and despite their popularities, countries like the United States, England, Japan and China don't recognize baseball, football, sumo, or table tennis as such. Canada is also the only country to recognize two: ice hockey and lacrosse.