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TIL that the last US-company mass-producing audio cassettes, founded in 1969, had their best year in 2015, selling about 10 million tapes

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GYVXQ TIL Caesar salad isn't Italian and has nothing to do with Julius Caesar, it was invented in Mexico in 1924 by a man called Caesar Cardini
gVg4 TIL in 1971, Saddam Hussein imported 95,000 tons of grain treated with fungicidal mercury. The grain was intended for planting, but the Iraqis, unable to understand the English and Spanish warnings or the “skull and crossbones” image, baked it into bread. Hundreds died.
b5AE TIL If you’re a white English speaker, you can get a job teaching private English classes in China. Many schools will hire you without any prior experience, teaching credentials, or a working visa
9g6D TIL expectant mothers who eat licorice candy can unknowingly lower the IQs of their unborn children. The candy has been linked to lower IQs and behavioral problems in the children of mothers who ate it in large amounts. (100g a week)
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