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TIL The first hot cocoa mix (Swiss Miss) was invented to use up excess inventory of coffee creamer created for the Korean War.

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0jeA TIL a man was once accidentally released from prison 90 years early due to clerical error. He then started building his life by getting a job, getting married, having kids, coaching youth soccer, being active in his church. Authorities realized the mistake 6 years later and sent him back to prison.
4X7GJ TIL The Tender Years Doctrine (generally regarded as the age of four and under), presumed in a divorce that the mother should have custody of the child. The law remained in place until the late 20th Century.
P1lBe TIL that the fastest object ever built by humans is NASA's Parker Solar Probe. Built to observe the outer corona of the Sun, the probe set the speed record by traveling at 587,000 km/h (364,660 mph), fast enough to fly from New York to Tokyo in just over a minute.
OoNBg TIL It's been twenty years since we first created a pig-man hybrid
9YVd6 TIL "Blocks found with dates from all seasons in the Egyptian calendar suggest the pyramids were built year-round and not just when the Nile was in flood."