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TIL when Nestlé declined an offer to watch his film about the exploitation of African children to harvest chocolate, director Miki Mistrati set up a large screen next to their headquarters and played it there.

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P1bDG TIL that we don't actually know who the first person to reach the North Pole was. Robert Peary, Frederick Cook, and Richard Byrd all said they were the first people to reach it, but none of their claims are confirmed.
orDR TIL This year, a gas cloud is going to come too close to a Black Hole in the center of our galaxy and we’ll see it get ripped apart.
aapo TIL Chinese water snake oil reduces inflammation due to being rich in Omega-3. In the 1800’s, Clark ‘The Rattlesnake King’ Stanley, sold ‘100% Snake Oil’. It did not actually contain any snake oil. Hence the term ‘Snake Oil Salesman’.
QNR0X TIL. That Clause 11 in Article 1 Section 8 of the US Constitution allows for congress to issue Letters of Marque which historically have allowed for governments to hire state sponsored pirates who can seize ships and contents on the high seas
OEAY TIL In 1960, Slinky inventor Richard James left his wife and their six children to join a cult down in Bolivia. His wife, Betty, took over and turned the failing company completely around. In 2001, Betty was inducted into the Toy Industry Hall of Fame.