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TIL Hershey trademarked the color orange.

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9wZbX TIL: A comedian formed the Union of Conscientiously Work-Shy Elements in Denmark as a joke, but he was unexpected elected with 23k votes and won a seat. His promises were better Christmas presents, the right to impotency, more renaissance furniture at IKEA, more bread for ducks, and better weather.
5YvX8 TIL that in the Japanese Anime Detective Conan, the voice actor for Detective Wataru Takagi is a voice actor named Wataru Takagi.
p8y8A TIL Americans spend on average $143 on Valentine's Day according to the National Retail Federation (NRF)
LgKm TIL the loggerhead shrike is a small bird that impales its prey (often larger than it) on branches and barbed wire, then decorates it to attract a mate
Rar6 TIL sprint training for 60 minutes a week burns the same amount of body fat in men as jogging for seven hours a week