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TIL that can openers were invented about 80 years after canned food

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B8L TIL that the mascot for the Arkansas School for the Deaf is the Leopard. They’re the leopards that are deaf. The Deaf Leopards.
695d8 TIL in all regions of the world some people used to eat soil and many still do that today
Y7awv TIL when canada switched to metric in the 70s, containers had to switch from gallons to liters. Milk producers chose to switch to bags to avoid making cartons/jugs.
BreoL TIL Time magazine has a list of the 50 worst inventions of all time, which includes the segway, new coke, and crocs
woOpE TIL Pinball was illegal in Oakland until 2014.