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TIL the “% Daily Value” numbers found on nutrition labels in the US/Canada are based on recommendations from 1968 and have not been updated to reflect current recommendations. Something with “100% Daily Value” of Vitamin C has only 67% of an adult male’s recommended daily intake.

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yVVne TIL that there is a group of religious leaders who have worked for 40 years supporting reproductive freedom
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NN7P TIL that Tsar Peter the Great of Russia learned shipbuilding at a dock in Amsterdam after disguising himself as a common craftsman and worked on constructing the ships himself.
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