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TIL for decades, Target avoided background music, believing it to be a distraction. In 2011, it tested music at a store in Minnetonka, MN, and received positive feedback from shoppers and staff. In 2017, Target began introducing music to its stores as part of a massive remodeling effort.

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MeNNK TIL every tomato we eat is a mutant of an ancestor with fruits the size of a pea.
wLJxW TIL that Bolivia makes a soft drink called 'Coca Colla' which is made with real coca leaf. It is a local competitor of Coca-Cola and Red Bull, but is currently illegal to export under both Bolivian and U.N. drug laws
ykEM TIL the name “Häagen-Dazs” is completely meaningless. The Jewish creator of the ice cream wanted a “Danish sounding” name to honor the Danish treatment of Jews during WWII and said gibberish names until he found one that he liked.
E1vmP TIL that the Wolf of Wall Street movie was funded by a fraudulent bond scheme run by Goldman Sachs employees and a Malaysian PM.
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