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TIL Hershey's Ice Cream is unaffiliated with the Hershey's candy corporation, despite both being founded in the same city during the same year. There has been multiple lawsuits between the two, with Hershey's Ice Cream having to add a disclaimer that it's not related to Hershey's chocolate.

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