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TIL The Japanese game show Takeshi's Castle, which aired from 1986 to 1990, involving challenges and painful entertainment, inspired countless physical challenge game shows still popular today

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5VmoP TIL of Richard Francis Burton, an 19th century British explorer and writer, who disguised himself as Muslim in order to get into both Mecca and Medina. While he was not the first European to go to either one of those cities, his pilgrimage is the most famous and best documented of the time.
J1aWj TIL Grapes have gotten larger due to growth hormone and a technique applied to their vines
R797w TIL - In 2009, Tropicana invested $35 million to rebrand their Orange Juice packaging. Within two months of the change, sales dropped 20% and they lost significant market share before switching back to their original carton. The failed marketing experiment cost them over $50 million.
OoayX TIL Of Leo Ryan, a congressman who was sent to investigate Jonestown who was murdered on orders of Jim Jones, along with an NBC news crew shortly before the infamous mass suicide
ZnMQ TIL that William Whipple freed his slave because he believed that no man could fight for freedom while holding another in bondage