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TIL: Only 10 companies control almost every large food and beverage brand in the world.

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OL81 TIL that under full throttle, a top fuel dragster consumes fuel at the same rate as a Boeing 747
GAYxg TIL the Battle of Gettysburg may have started because of shoes. General Heth sent General Pettigrew to Gettysburg because there were rumors of supplies of footwear, and many Confederate troops marched barefoot or with rags wrapped on their feet.
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