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TIL that Kraft’s Jello monitors the ratio of smiley to frowney emoticons on Twitter, and releases coupons whenever the Twittersphere was unhappy.

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J1Br8 TIL the name and logo of the Philadelphia Eagles is derived from the National Recovery Administration's blue eagle logo.
Y7nlA TIL the tiny nation of Vanuatu has the world's highest linguistic density per capita. Its population of 300,000 speak 138 indigenous Oceanic languages. That's not counting the languages brought in by new migrants.
ep9w5 TIL Herodotus is widely considered to be history's first historian. He was a Greek writer and geographer from the 5th century BCE, he authored The Histories, the earliest known systematic account of the past.
Zp07R TIL that even mindfulness can improve your skin condition
4ewJ TIL that after blogger Jeff Pataky wrote about the incompetence of the Phoenix police department, the Phoenix PD raided his home, seized his laptop, backups and cable modem, handcuffed and detained his female roommate for over three hours, and took his sons out of elementary school.