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TIL Hawaiian Punch started off as an ice cream topping

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E4k7 TIL the “50% divorce rate” for all marriages is a myth. The number is closer to 30% and varies among different groups.
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6B4W TIL Greenland has to import Christmas trees because they cannot grow that far north
5XwR TIL: In 1966, toy sellers were reluctant to stock Twister, which critics called ‘sex in a box,’ until a PR firm got Johnny Carson to play the party game with one of his guests, actress Zsa Zsa Gabor. Milton Bradley sold 3 million copies the following year.
loyya TIL that a flight had to make an emergency landing because fire alarms went off, but it was actually just a bunch of goats farting.