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TIL Jelly Babies were originally named “Unclaimed Babies” in 1864. They renamed the candy “Peace Babies” to mark the end of WWI, before giving them their present name.

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16xa8 TIL the writers of Total Recall tried adapting The Minority Report into its sequel, depicting Quaid as the head of an organization that uses mutants with precognition abilities to predict and stop crimes before they happen. It was reworked into a standalone film after their company’s bankruptcy.
rYRW TIL that the woman who won $2.9 million by suing McDonald’s over spilled hot coffee asked for only $20,000, to cover her medical bills.
wYQY TIL that when the Edmonton Oilers traded Wayne Gretzky to the LA Kings, the Canadian Government stepped in and wanted to block the trade.
5YNBp TIL the waterbed was invented by Scottish physician Neil Arnott in 1833 to “prevent bedsores in invalids”
ZkAR TIL Nestlé admitted that slave labor was involved in the production of its Fancy Feast catfood brand in Thailand.