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TIL German Chocolate Cake is not German in origin, but is named for an English-American chocolate maker Samuel German

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eA86 TIL that after seeing it hit a low point in 2009, Domino’s Pizza saw their stock grow 233 percent within a year after changing their pizza recipe.
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