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TIL Tic Tacs are mainly made of sugar but are allowed to be labelled as zero sugar per serving despite sugar due to their weight.

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6EVPJ TIL that there was a Great Molasses Flood that occurred on January 15, 1919 in Boston, Massachusetts. A large molasses storage tank burst open and a huge wave of molasses flooded the streets around 35 mph, killing 21 and injuring 150.
xVG95 TIL: The Hanshin Expressway is a 149-mile network of expressways in Japan. The highway’s most famous and unique feature is a small section of road that passes directly through three floors of an office building (Gate Tower Building) in Okasaka.
wLmAo TIL Actor Jason Statham competed in Diving for Great Britain at the 1990 Commonweath Games in Auckland
VMPvm TIL Prehistoric Europeans made clay baby bottles in the shape of cute animals. These bottles have been found in the graves of infants, indicating an importance greater than simply function.
mxVgp TIL RCA spent 17 years trying to find a way to put movies on vinyl records. In 1981 they finally achieved this, marketing the SelectaVision system. Unfortunately by the time they finished researching the system, someone had invented the VHS video tape.