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TIL: Campbell’s now estimates 40% of the Cream of Mushroom soup sold in the US goes into making green bean casserole.

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xvn1 TIL There is growing evidence the Amazon Rainforest was actually planned and maintained by indigenous populations by improving the soil and increasing biodiversity
rXmw TIL that America donates the most per capita to charity than any other country.
8aPVK TIL Ving Rhames (Pulp Fiction, Mission: Impossible) is the voice in the Arby's commercials ("Arby's! We have the meats!")
M7rAB TIL about Sophia-the first robot to receive legal citizenship of a country. She was granted Saudi Arabian citizenship in 2017.
neNJo TIL humans are not the only primate that curse. Chimps do it to. In project Washoe, chimps being taught sign language internalized taboos around the toilet, with the sign “dirty” representing something shameful. They started using that sign as an admonition or to express anger, like a swear word.