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TIL that Heinz petitioned American bun companies to consider equal hot dog-to-bread ratio.

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PdkJ TIL adult adoption rates in Japan are high so that companies can carry on a particular family name, even if the next generation isn’t up to the task of running a successful business.
ZpPJ4 TIL Acetaminophen (Tylenol) toxicity is the second most common cause of liver transplantation worldwide and the most common cause of liver transplantation in the US. It is responsible for 56,000 emergency department visits, 2,600 hospitalizations, and 500 deaths per year in the United States.
ekxJ TIL in 1885 when Nikola Tesla was working for Thomas Edison, he claimed he could redesign Edison’s inefficient motor and generators. Edison said there’d be $50K US for Tesla if he got it done. After a few months he did and Edison said “Tesla you do not understand our American humor” Tesla resigned.
9w0JG TIL Kasane Teto, a virtual singer software created on the Japanese textboard 2channel for April Fools' Day, 2008. Initially conceived as a hoax by users who planned to make a fake Vocaloid character, it was eventually developed into a real product. She was introduced as a "diva born from a hoax".
Xl8k TIL: President Jimmy Carter pardoned all evaders of the Vietnam War drafts