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TIL German chocolate cake is named after a person, Sam German, not the country

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N71RJ TIL Hasbro, the US kids toy company, once owned Death Row Records, the infamous gangster rap record label
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neoLo TIL Merck made a "hit list" of doctors who criticized Vioxx...The list, emailed between Merck employees, contained doctors' names with the labels "neutralise," "neutralised" or "discredit" next to them.
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