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TIL The flavor Bubblegum is typically made from banana, pineapple, cinnamon, cloves, and wintergreen. Actual concentrations can vary as wildly as chili recipes however.

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d8rG7 TIL a Vietnamese soldier and his one year old son fled into the jungle during the war and remained there for 40 years, until 2013.
Me958 TIL the first doughnut machine was made in 1920 to meet the demand for doughnuts as a breakfast food item following WW 1. Adolph Levitt, a Jewish refugee who came to America fleeing czarist Russia, designed the machine and began selling fried doughnuts from his Harlem bakery in NYC.
xW4B TIL that left-handed sugar exists. It is an artificial, mirrored variant of regular glucose which tastes exactly the same but can’t be metabolized as normal. As a result, it contains very few calories, can be eaten by diabetics and doesn’t promote tooth decay.
vaPL TIL that in August and September of 2006, Danger Mouse collaborated with British graffiti artist Banksy to replace 500 copies of Paris Hilton’s album “Paris” in English music stores with altered album artwork and a 40 minute instrumental song containing various statements she had made.
eplx4 TIL Video Games Aren't Allowed To Use The "Red Cross" Symbol For Health