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TIL Johnny Appleseed didn’t plant his trees to feed people, he planted them to sell them and get people drunk.

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WkeMA TIL That Russians and Mongols Dominate Sumo Wrestling
dD0MQ TIL that California company, Postum Foods, bought East-Coast brand, Hellman's Mayonnaise, in 1927. As a result of the merger, to present day, both brands were preserved in their respective territories, with Hellman's being sold East of the Rockies and Postum (now Best Foods) sold in the West.
xVGND TIL names for generic drugs has a prefix and suffix. The suffix tell you how the drug works. The prefix can me made up but has to follow a strict rule including not using the letters Y, H, K, J, and W because certain languages that use the Roman alphabet don't have these letters.
yjJv TIL It’s been suggested that the REAL ‘Lone Ranger’ Was An African American Deputy U.S. Marshal named Bass Reeves
VvnD TIL NASA has it’s own internet radio station called ‘Third Rock Radio’ which plays Indie/Alternative rock music with NASA news items and mission updates embedded throughout the broadcast