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TIL Hershey trademarked the color orange.

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8ay1Z TIL when Ella Fitzgerald couldn’t get booked by clubs and TV because she was black, Marilyn Monroe offered to come to a nightclub every night and sit in the front row if they let Ella sing.
NX0L6 TIL that American country, bluegrass and folk has significant influence from the Ulster Scots (or Scots-Irish) that migrated from what is now Northern Ireland to the Appalachian region. Their contribution to this genre is particularly evident in the use of the fiddle, banjo, and dulcimer.
lRdN TIL the memory technique that Sherlock Holmes uses, known as a “Mind Palace”, is a real technique and that most of the people who have mastered this practice are of average intelligence.
8aanK TIL Quentin Tarantino heard the "Woo Hoo" song by the 5, 6, 7, 8s (used in Kill Bill) in a clothing store in Japan and bought the CD from the store's manager
nWL0r TIL fingerprinting was first introduced in British India in 1900, developed by Bengali Police to collect prisoners’ fingerprints. The first UK fingerprint bureau was established in Scotland Yard in 1901.