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TIL Chocolate has caffeine, dark chocolate has as much as 12mg per ounce, milk chocolate has as much as 9mg in 1.55 ounces, and white chocolate has no caffeine

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VMW70 TIL that upon joining Black Sabbath in 1979, Ronnie James Dio began using the sign of the horns. The previous singer in the band, Ozzy Osbourne, was rather well known for using the "peace" sign. Dio, not wanting to copy Osbourne, chose to use the sign his grandmother always made.
OvQ4 TIL in 1943 a German pilot spotted a damaged American B-17 bomber and escorted it to safety. They were reunited 40 years later after an extensive search by Charlie Brown the pilot of the B-17.
JYmpm TIL, The street artist Banksy extensively copied the style and work of the French street artist Blek le rat.
8aeoP TIL Hot dogs are not sandwiches according to the National Hot Dog and Sausage Council
JKWj TIL for over a decade teachers and principals in Atlanta erased wrong answers and filled in the right ones in students’ tests. At one school, the faculty held weekend pizza parties to correct answers before turning them in. Over the course of a single year, scores at the school jumped 45 percent.