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TIL Nestle is draining water from Poor areas to sell to the poor and fought to take away water as a human right.

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GQ1j TIL that if economic losses reported by the media industry due to piracy are true, it would equal the entire American corn crop, fruit crop, wheat, cotton, tobacco, rice, and sorghum crops. Combined.
xZYo TIL the FDA prohibits products from being packed in containers deceptively larger than what they contain. (Potato chips are exempt because the extra air protects them from being crushed.)
1aQa8 TIL Saint Valentine is not only the patron saint of lovers but also of epileptics and beekeepers
78prb TIL the Rolling Stones were the first to record the Lennon–McCartney song I Wanna Be Your Man as their first top 20 single in the UK
MajW TIL There is a Japanese word,ごっつん盗, that translates to, “To steal a car by gently rear-ending it and having a friend jump into the car and drive off after the driver gets out of their car to yell or bitch at you.