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TIL The Maya civilization used chocolate as money and the disruption of the cacao supply which fueled political power may have led to an economic breakdown, causing the collapse of the empire.

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n107 TIL that amid widespread chocolate shortage during WW2, Pietro Ferrero sought to create a chocolate treat that would be affordable for struggling families. The result was “supercrema,” a spread made with just a little bit of chocolate and a lot of the hazelnuts. Now we call it Nutella.
J16vk TIL that there is a toaster design from 73 years ago is way better than my current (and not cheap) toaster.
rkxd TIL Heinz was caught underfilling its ketchup bottles and was ordered to overfill its ketchup bottles for the next year.
XExw6 TIL That after Kennedy used the first televised debate to boost his image, no sitting president agreed to hold a debate for 16 years
yVLwl TIL the existence of black holes was first proposed in 1783 by John Michell. We weren’t able to capture an image of a black hole until 2019.