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TIL the We Can Do It poster is not Rosie the Riveter and was only used internally by one company

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dDVMK TIL that the fictional substance "Kryptonite" was originally portrayed as red in color on Comic pages in November 1949. It did not adopt its characteristic green hue until August 1951.
woNno TIL the drug protamine, which is an antidote for heparin, comes from salmon sperm.
N7aN8 TIL that Jenga blocks aren’t all the same size. Some are almost imperceptibly smaller than others, meaning they’ll side out of the stack more easily.
awJob TIL Trader Joe's is owned by ALDI. ALDI, a German-based grocery store chain split into 2 branches - Aldi Nord and Aldi Sud - due to owners thoughts on tobacco sales. Aldi Sud is the ALDI we see here in the States. Due to name licensing, Aldi Nord rebranded into Trader Joe's
Y9PZ TIL the difference between hawks and falcons is hawks kill their prey with their feet, while falcons kill using a “tooth” on the side of their beaks.