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TIL that in the 1970s, American Kitchen Foods released 'I hate peas!', which were just peas disguised in a fry-shaped format to get more kids to eat peas. The product, along with the rest of the 'I hate' line, was not well-received by kids.

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grxdb TIL in 2021, a single deli in New Jersey that was publicly traded managed to achieve a market capitalization of over $100 million despite doing only $35,000 in sales across two years. The deli's largest shareholder was the wrestling coach of the high school next door.
9wlmr TIL in 2008 Daniel Hoevels, a German actor, accidentally cut his own throat on stage in a “suicide scene” when he was given a real knife by mistake.
BrAAy TIL in 2003, Disney tried to trademark the phrase “Día de los Muertos”, the name of the Mexican national holiday, Day of the Dead. After significant backlash, Disney withdrew their application to the USPTO within a week.
j6XQj TIL a pilot "pushed" a fellow aviators plane out of hostile airspace during the Vietnam war so they could safely eject over friendly skies and be rescued.
lZrV TIL of Black Bart, the “gentleman robber” of the Wild West, who’d rob stagecoaches, leaving behind poems like: “I’ve labored long and hard for bread, For honor, and for riches, But on my corns too long you’ve tread, You fine-haired sons of bitches.”