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TIL Costco’s $1.50 hot dog combo has been the same price since 1984. When the company president said they were losing money on it, CEO Jim Sinegal told him: “If you raise the price of the effing hot dog, I will kill you.”

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v17R TIL In 1971, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the public display of the word “fuck” is protected under the 1st and 14th Amendments and cannot be made a criminal offense after a young man was arrested for wearing a jacket with “fuck the draft” on it.
Oo6NR TIL that in 1937 the Hershey Company made a high calorie chocolate bar designed to taste "a little better than a baked potato" for the US Army so that soldiers would only eat it in case of real emergency
wLd8Y TIL that “Double Stuf” Oreos only contain 1.86 times the filling of a regular Oreo.
6EKEZ TIL The singer who voiced Simba in the original 'Lion King' turned down $2 million up front to take royalties instead
9YNgG TIL that famous writer Art Buchwald wanted to join the United States Marine Corps during World War II but was too young to join without parental or legal guardian consent, so he bribed a drunk with half a pint of whiskey to sign as his legal guardian