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TIL that Nestlé promoted breast milk subsitutes in developing countries which lead to the death of infants

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GZ65 TIL “the pot calling the kettle black” is meant to refer to a scenario where the kettle is actually well-polished, and the blackness that the pot sees is its own reflection
VBOx4 TIL Coca Cola released a German advert celebrating the 75th anniversary of Fanta’s 1940 founding in Nazi Germany. Before it got pulled, it stated it wanted to “bring the feeling of the good old times back.”
6Aa7 TIL that sobriety checkpoints are illegal in Texas under the state’s interpretation of the federal Constitution
vPmZ8 TIL the U.S. federal government has an official color palette
VMZa4 TIL: In 2004, a study was conducted to test the correlation between video game usage and surgical performance. It turned out that of the doctors sampled, the surgeons who played video games at least 3 hours a week performed surgeries 27% faster and with 37% less errors than their counterparts!