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TIL Reese's PB Cup, the world's #1 bestselling candy, was invented by a former Hershey employee and sold back to Hershey by his children almost 30 years later in exchange for Hershey stock.

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epRXL TIL that honey has long been known to be a natural antiseptic, and can promote wound healing, mainly due the natural creation of hydrogen peroxide by enzymes.
Brm6D TIL exactly 57 years ago, JFK gave his Ich bin ein Berliner ("I am a Berliner") speech in the backdrop of the Berlin Wall. “Freedom has many difficulties, and democracy is not perfect, but we have never had to put a wall up to keep our people in.”
b9NeE TIL that there are more living organisms in one teaspoon of soil than there are humans on earth. Happy World Soil Day!
v8J4 TIL that McDonalds in Hong Kong will host a cheap McWedding for couples around $1200 and will provide food and drink for 50 people and an apple pie cake
grXm9 TIL that the Kurdish people are the largest ethnic group (35-45 million!) without a homeland of their own. Britain and France had planned to give the Kurds their own independent state until the founder of the Republic of Turkey forced them to renegotiate.