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TIL: Kellogg's created Pop-Tarts after hearing about Post trying to create their own toaster pastries. Post unveiled their Country Squares to the press well before they were even ready to sell. Kellogg's released Pop-Tarts within 6 months of Post's announcement.

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a7MA TIL the cars that were given away by Oprah cost the recipients up to $7,000 due to the fact they were marketed as a prize instead of a gift (the latter is not taxed). Many had to forfeit their prize or sell it if they could not afford their “free car”.
oZ9W TIL that a woman once sued WalMart for 2 cents and won.
4Xk4g TIL in 1982, 7 people died from bottles of Tylenol which were laced with cyanide. The perpetrator has never been found.
4X7NN TIL of Henry the Young King, son to Henry II of England, who was crowned co-king in 1170, theoretically to rule in association with his father, and again in 1172. Although the Young King received no share of his father’s power, he was called Henry III by contemporaries and certain later chroniclers.
4kO65 TIL that there are at least 5 species of shark living in the Thames estuary (which runs through London), and that one of those species is venomous.