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TIL Nestlé admitted that slave labor was involved in the production of its Fancy Feast catfood brand in Thailand.

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J1M51 TIL American Top 40 voice Casey Kasem was also the voice of Shaggy from Scooby-Doo.
9wpDD TIL actor Marlon Brando was an avid conga player, and he patented a self-tuning drum head shortly before he passed away.
LXdZ TIL “cracker” as an insult means “one who cracks the whip”.
P1aL TIL that in 1969, American Indians occupied Alcatraz Island, acting on an old law that granted them the right to reclaim abandoned federal land. They occupied Alcatraz for nearly two years.
kOlR7 TIL at UC Berkeley, when your PhD dissertation is submitted and approved you get a lollipop.