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TIL that Cadburys lost more than £6m after changing the Creme egg recipe

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DQNvr TIL Ubisoft released a series of games for the Nintendo DS and Wii called "My Coach", meant to "developing projects that make people feel that playing games is worth their while, learn a new skill or improve their daily lives", according to the series producer Pauline Jacquey.
Pa1O TIL during WWII 35,000 US and Canadian troops bombarded then stormed the Japanese Held isle of Kiska. However, all the Japanese had secretly left the island. 32 died from friendly fire and millions of dollars worth of artillery was wasted.
698lw TIL that Thomas Paine became a deputy in the French parliament and voted against executing King Louis XVI
vZL TIL most bamboo species only flower once every several decades; and, when these species flower, every plant in the world flowers at the same time, regardless of location, climate, or other environmental factors, for reasons scientists have yet to discern.
D8Ap TIL a company called Excite turned down the opportunity to buy Google in 1999 for $1 million. Google’s founders then said they would take $750,000 only for Excite to pass a second time. Google now was a market cap of $167 billion.