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TIL that Nestlé declined an offer to watch his film about the exploitation of African kids to harvest chocolate, the director Miki Mistrati set up a viewing next to their headquarters and played it there.

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EgVnx TIL Lake Compounce in Bristol, CT is the oldest continuously operating amusement park in North America. It began in 1847 as a picnic park around a lake with public swimming, rowing and waterfront concerts, adding CT's first 10-pin bowling alley with adjoining pool tables the following year.
E1BxP TIL there is a statue of the witch Samantha from TV's Bewitched in Salem, Massachusetts.
5YAPR TIL there was actually a priest who turned to wrestling to support an orphanage and it wasn't just made up for the movie Nacho Libre
d8lkd TIL in 2015 more Americans reported being of German ancestry than being black.
wKAP TIL that in 1960, Japanese Socialist Party chairman Inejiro Asanuma was assinated during a televised debate. With a Samurai sword.