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TIL Volkswagen makes ketchup

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Ropj TIL in 2008 the Norwegian Government donated $1bn to help save the Amazon rainforest.
OoM5e TIL that under ancient Jewish law, unanimous conviction was considered as too good to be correct. The absence of dissenting opinions among the judges was seen a proof that the suspect is very probably innocent
MeZEa TIL that in October 1940 the Soviet Union was offered an entry into the Axis powers; but agreements upon spheres of influences weren't reached.
8nRG TIL there is a expiration date system on cosmetics
P6vL TIL when TWA Flight 1 crashed into a mountain in 1936, surviving flight attendant Nellie Granger followed telephone wires for 4 miles to get help and call the TWA office and notify them of the crash. Nobody realized that the plane had crashed before the call. She then walked back with help.