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TIL That DisneyLand Was Going To Have An Attraction Based On The Alien Films.

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vP5WL TIL Pizza Hut hired alternative rock band Ween to produce jingles for their stuffed crust pizza line in 2002. Ween produced six demos, including "Where'd the Cheese Go", all of which were immediately rejected.
QJl76 TIL In Ancient Rome, the working class would evacuate entire cities in acts of revolt called "Secessions of the Plebeians." After leaving the elite to fend for themselves, commercial transactions would stop, and workshops would have to close.
E15a0 TIL for a period in the early 1970s the North Korean GDP per capita was higher than the South Korean one.
loNEV TIL 20% of 'meat' in the UK was found to contain the DNA of 'unspecified animals.' 41% of mince meat; 31% of kebabs; 23% of curries and 20% of sausages were found to actually contain DNA from animals not on the official label.
8ewvb TIL in 1979 basketball legend Magic Johnson turned down an endorsement deal with Nike offering him 100,000 shares of stock and $1 for every pair of shoes sold in favor of a deal with Converse that paid him $100,000 annually. In declining the Nike deal Johnson missed out on over $5 billion.