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TIL CNN’s Wolf Blitzer appeared on Jeopardy! and ended up with a final score of negative 4600.

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R51x9 TIL Cadbury sued a newspaper for accusing them of using slave-grown São Tomé cocoa—and technically won, but received just one farthing (¼ of a penny) in damages.
PYnVE TIL in 1992, Tupac created "The Code of Thug Life", a code of ethics designed to combat street violence among gang members such as not committing carjacking or not harming children. It is considered one of reasons for the decline of crime in Los Angeles since then and was introduced in other cities.
JxWl TIL One of Amazon’s earliest employees brought his Corgi, Rufus, to work each day. He became such a fixture that the company named a building after him and allows employees to bring their dogs to work. Amazon has over 2,000 four legged “employees”, averaging nearly 600 per day.
VMoQZ TIL As of May 2018, the smell of Play-Doh is trademarked. It is described as “a sweet, slightly musky, vanilla fragrance, with slight overtones of cherry, combined with the smell of a salted, wheat-based dough.”
5VXXP TIL: In 1880, the average ages of consent in the US were set at 10 or 12 years old in most states, with the exception of Delaware where it was 7.