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TIL Quaker Oats 35% Less Sugar Oatmeal contains 35% less oatmeal per packet, despite being the same price as the regular version

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08ky TIL that that the electric chair in Tennessee is constructed from the state gallows that it replaced in 1916.
4XZxN TIL during the trial of Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceausescu and his wife, their just-appointed lawyers joined with the prosecution and accused their own clients. The trial lasted about one hour. The Ceausescus were sentenced to death and immediately executed.
rXGd TIL:In 2011, 80 percent of all antibiotics sold by weight in the United States were used for meat and poultry production.
raeW TIL David Prowse (Darth Vader) was offered one of two roles in Star Wars by George Lucas. The first was Chewbacca. The second was the villain. Before Lucas had a chance to explain the role, Prowse accepted it. Why? Because according to him people never forget the villain.
rR06M TIL that in 1971, the shah of Iran threw a party costing about present day 516million $