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TIL In 2005, former Mexican President Vicente Fox said that Mexicans do jobs "that not even blacks want to do."

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GYKA1 TIL that in 1996, as a loss-leading tactic, British supermarkets competed so heavily on the price of baked beans that one store decided to sell them for MINUS 2p. This period is referred to by economists as The Bean Wars.
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9wKmQ TIL that Hello Kitty is not a cat; she's a British third-grader with a twin, according to Sanrio
JY7a4 TIL That for his film roll, James Earl Jones was offered compensation of either $7,000, or a small equity share in the franchise. Being broke at the time, he took the cash, and passed up on tens of millions of Star Wars' profits.
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