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TIL that most butterfly’s depicted in art are shown as dead

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vAYx TIL Cadbury won a 1909 libel suit against a publication for mentioning their delay in ceasing cacao purchase from countries with slave labor. The jury awarded one-fourth of a penny.
W7JeN TIL that the 2022 sequel to “A Christmas Story,” titled “A Christmas Story Christmas,” was filmed almost entirely in Bulgaria, due to its snow, and the cost-effectiveness. The film crew even constructed exact replicas of the Parker family house and their neighborhood from the original 1983 film.
DnEj TIL Activia was sued for falsely claiming to be a health food.
WMdd TIL it is impossible for modern computers to simulate a crumpled ball of paper.
KYly4 TIL A force of 180 soldiers with only 12 firearms among them met the emperor of the Incas in the middle of a square in the city of Cajamarca. They massacred his retinue of 9000, capturing the emperor, while his army of 80,000 veterans stationed right outside the walls fled in terror without a fight