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TIL that the Cadbury Creme Egg began in 1963 as Fry's Creme Egg, becoming the Cadbury Creme Egg in 1971. Creme Eggs are produced by Cadbury in the UK, Hershey in the US, and by Cadbury Adams in Canada. In 2016, UK sales of the Cadbury Egg dropped sharply after the recipe was changed to cut costs.

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D1vQj TIL that when the first American space station, Skylab, crashed to Earth, it landed in Australia. In response, the Australian government issued the US a $400 fine for littering which the US left unpaid for years until a radio DJ in California caught wind of it and raised the money to pay the fine
a84xZ TIL that Police Squad, forerunner to The Naked Gun, was cancelled by ABC because casual audiences couldn't keep up with the rate of jokes, claiming "the viewer had to watch it in order to appreciate it", stated by TV Guide as being "the most stupid reason a network ever gave for ending a series"
rN10d TIL In 1945, a mere 5 percent of France’s homes had a private, indoor bathroom
9Y8YB TIL after Winston Churchill was knocked down by a car New York in 1931, his doctor issued a medical note that Churchill’s convalescence “necessitates the use of alcoholic spirits especially at mealtimes,” specifying 250 cc (8 oz) per day as the minimum
yVZWl TIL there was a hostage crisis at Berkeley , California in 1990s where the accused (who was suffering from a schizophrenic episode) demanded trillions of dollars from the federal government in his bizzare list of demands.