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TIL the Star Wars expanded universe featured an elaborate backstory for Han Solo’s pants

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7rJJO TIL: These famous international chocolate brands: Milka (German), Côte d'Or (Belgian), Toblerone (Swiss), Cadbury/Frys/Green & Black's (all British), Freia (Norwegian) and Marabou (Swedish) are all owned by US food giant Mondelez
0dPKy TIL that Edward Jones, known as "The Boy Jones" once broke into Buckingham Palace and stole Queen Victoria's underwear.
69eRZ TIL that between 1895 and 1908 the population of the Belgian Congo declined by between 2 and 13 million due to colonial brutality and diseases caused by colonialism.
ANPwa TIL: The 255th episode of MASH featured a time capsule buried by the characters filled with memories of the Korean War. The time capsule was real - filled with props. The property was sold and a construction worker found the time capsule and took it home. He got permission to keep it from Alan Alda.
1XPO TIL James Harrison aka The Man With the Golden Arm started donating blood regularly after age 18 and scientists found that his blood contains Rh (D) immune globulin or anti-D, which helps prevent fetuses who have Rhesus Disease. He has made over 1000 blood donations and saved 2,000,000 babies.