CIRCLE WITH A DOT

TIL chicken sold in supermarkets are often "plumped" with a salt water solution to increase sell weight, making up as much as 30% of the total weight. A serving of plumped chicken can contain between 200 and 500mg of sodium while non-plumped chicken generally contains 45 to 70mg.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plumping?Plumping_Chicken#til #todayilearnedhttps://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1rjubrg/til_chicken_sold_in_supermarkets_are_often/

TIL that VLC Media Player’s lead developer, Jean-Baptiste Kempf, turned down millions of euros to keep VLC ad-free and open source.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Baptiste_Kempf#til #todayilearnedhttps://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1rjkiuj/til_that_vlc_media_players_lead_developer/

TIL about the chicken tax, a 1964 tariff on light duty trucks, which effectively shielded US truck manufacturers from foreign competition. This has largely contributed to lack of options and inflated prices for American consumershttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicken_tax#til #todayilearnedhttps://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1rhylo0/til_about_the_chicken_tax_a_1964_tariff_on_light/

TIL that Ngerulmud, a country located in Oceania, is the only capital in the world without without any inhabitantshttps://www.labrujulaverde.com/en/2025/01/ngerulmud-the-only-capital-in-the-world-without-inhabitants/#til #todayilearnedhttps://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1rhbyn6/til_that_ngerulmud_a_country_located_in_oceania/

TIL the James Webb Space Telescope has found over 300 "Little Red Dots", objects that existed between 13.2 an 12.2 billion years ago, and whose nature is currently uncertainhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_red_dot_(astronomical_object)#til #todayilearnedhttps://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1rh4u8o/til_the_james_webb_space_telescope_has_found_over/

TIL Flying Lemurs are the closest non-primate relatives to Humans, and they are not Lemurs nor can they flyhttps://science.psu.edu/news/flying-lemurs-are-closest-relatives-primates#til #todayilearnedhttps://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1rgz0gw/til_flying_lemurs_are_the_closest_nonprimate/