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TIL Clifford the Big Red Dog is the mascot of the Scholastic publishing company

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OopOg TIL Disney, Pixar, and Costco partnered together to sell a French wine to promote the film Ratatouille. They had to cancel the promotion due to the use of a cartoon character on the label.
O1v6 TIL Dumb people over estimate their abilities. Smart people under estimate their abilities. Dunning-Kruger.
p8e7e TIL following a performance on The Mike Douglas Show, Gene Simmons of Kiss declared himself "evil incarnate", to which comedian Totie Fields commented, "Wouldn't it be funny if he's just a nice Jewish boy underneath the makeup?"
mb9p TIL in 1953 a hotel drained their pool after black actress, Dorothy Dandridge, touched the water
5X4k TIL That Coca leaves are still used in Coca Cola. A company in NJ extracts Cocaine from the leaves for medical uses, then ships the remainder to Coke