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TIL that Hershey has promised to stop using child slave labor to produce their chocolate. By 2020.

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Xy1k TIL an entirely unfounded rumor about “flesh eating bananas” panicked the public to such an extent that the Center for Disease Control had to set up a “banana hotline” as it was inundated with calls from the gullible public worried about killer bananas!
YpmGZ TIL that the writers of 'Murder She Wrote', when moved to Thursday against 'Friends' wrote an episode where the murder occurred on the set of a fictional show called 'Buds'
6P0m TIL NASA is developing 3D printed pizzas for astronauts
YpdXv TIL Walt Disney originally wanted to bring Walt Disney World to St. Louis until local officials refused his proposition to pay for the buildings that would house themed attractions/rides (such as Pirates of the Caribbean, the Haunted Mansion, and Big Thunder Mountain Railroad) due to cost concerns.
KJV9 TIL during work on the Benjamin Franklin house, human remains from over 15 people were found hidden in the basement. The bones are dated to the time when Benjamin Franklin lived there. Corpse dissection was legal at the time; body snatching was not.