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TIL Swedish eggs are guaranteed salmonella free
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Today I learned that People did not know how many sequels some older book series have. Did you know Oz is 14 books long?
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TIL that Ajax, the brand of cleaning products, got its name from the hero Ajax in Greek mythology, which is arguably “stronger than Greece”. The slogan of Ajax, the brand, is “Stronger than grease!”
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TIL Joaquín Guzmán Loera, #1 on the 2011 World’s Most Wanted list, walked into a restaurant with armed bodyguards, confiscated the cell phones of all the patrons and told them not to be alarmed, then ate his dinner, paid for the meals of everyone in the restaurant and left.
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TIL that a study from Australia found sniffer dogs produce false positives 80% of the time. “No test which has an 80 per cent error rate could be considered a reasonable basis on which to conduct an intrusive public search of a citizen going about their daily business.”
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TIL Mozart's "Jupiter Symphony" was the longest and last symphony that he composed. It is regarded by many as among the greatest symphonies in classical music. Mozart sent tickets to his friend but it is unknown whether it was ever performed in his lifetime or was cancelled for lack of interest