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TIL the Peking University in Beijjing has developed “smart tags”; small inexpensive tabs that stick to food packaging and change color when it goes bad.

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mDQO TIL that the 27th amendment, which forbids congress from raising their own pay during their term, was proposed by James Madison in 1789 and wasn’t ratified until 1992.
P15Gg TIL Tina Turner’s Nutbush City Limits is so popular in Australia that it is referred to as an unofficial national anthem. Children learn the line dance at school, it’s a wedding playlist + wedding dance non-negotiable and thousands dance the line dance at Outback music festivals.
w7B8 TIL John Cena holds the title of most wishes granted (by single individual) for the Make a Wish foundation and has completed over 500 wishes.
mjQv TIL: After batman and robin rescued it from a slaughterhouse, DC comics included a bat-cow
KbEQ TIL James Naismith, the inventor of basketball, went on to coach at the University of Kansas where he’s the only coach in school history with a losing record.