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TIL Redeeming a "shooting star" Tootsie Pop wrapper for a free candy was only sponsored by local convenience store owners through rumors and never officially sponsored by Tootsie Roll Industries

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VM9YD TIL that the inventor of Velcro took 20 years to take his idea from concept to production and even then the apparel industry wasn't sold on it. It wasn't until NASA came along asking about it for use in space that the fashion industry then went wild due to it now being space aged.
DORD TIL Jonathan Banks, Mike from Breaking Bad, was in a 1970’s sex education video
Wkm0Y TIL that The Offspring Front man Dexter Holland Earned a Doctorate in Molecular Biology from the University of Southern California in 2017, Focusing on HIV and Immunodeficiency Viruses.
xVvY0 TIL ginger beer is brewed (fermented), but ginger ale is just carbonated water that's been flavored with ginger.
7dZL TIL Henry “Box” Brown successfully escaped slavery in 1849 by mailing himself in a wood crate from Virginia to the free state of Pennsylvania.