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TIL that prisoners in Paris were offered freedom if they married prostitutes and moved to Louisiana

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6ZdQ TIL that in 1998, Nestle trademarked the tubular packaging of Smarties. It later sued Masterfoods Denmark which marketed M&Ms in a similar package. The Supreme Court of Denmark later ruled that a basic geometrical shape couldn’t be trademarked, and ordered the trademark to be removed.
kO5b5 TIL The 1939 classic Gone with the Wind was the highest grossing movie in history until the Sound of Music broke the box office record in 1966. When Gone with the Wind was re-released in 1971 it regained the top spot until The Godfather sent it to "sleep with the fishes" the next year.
8aYNZ TIL that Alexander Hamilton, in addition to helping write the Constitution and being first Treasury Secretary, also was the commander of the entire U.S. Army for six months.
XE74E TIL Wrigley’s was originally a soap company that gifted baking powder with their soap. The baking powder became more popular than the soap so they switched to selling baking powder with chewing gum as a gift. The gum became more popular than the baking powder so the company switched to selling gum.
PYEoE TIL the musical Hamilton has over 20,000 words, and would take 4-6 hours to perform if songs were sung at traditional musical paces