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TIL that Kinder Suprise eggs are now unbanned in the USA
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TIL the original PayPal team went on to create so many successful companies (SpaceX, Tesla, YouTube, LinkedIn), that they are called the PayPal Mafia
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TIL the sleeve around a Hot Pocket is officially called a Susceptor
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TIL the US Gemini space capsule had to be redesigned because 14 of the 16 astronauts didn't fit in it. The original design relied so heavily on input from Mercury astronaut 'Gus' Grissom, who was 5' 6", that it was nicknamed the "Gusmobile."
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TIL the founder of TGI Fridays opened the first location in Manhattan in 1965 because he was single and wanted to create a place to meet women, especially airline stewardesses and fashion models. TGI Fridays was also one of the first to use promotions such as ladies' night
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TIL that polar explorer Ernest Shackleton is buried in Grytviken, a settlement on the island of South Georgia in the South Atlantic Sea. The settlement has a population of 3, but is only occupied in the summer.