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TIL the faces on the album cover for The Division Bell by Pink Floyd, are real statues and are 2 stories high

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xVXk1 TIL the first officially recognized disease caused by an occupation was scrotal cancer in children chimney sweeps in 1775.
gMNR8 TIL The German candy "Werther's Original", was purposefully marketed in the 1990s as being a candy that grandparents would give to their grandchildren.
Opwg TIL that Pepsi was one of the first to advertise directly to African-Americans, with advertisements in the 1940s portraying them as “self-confident middle-class citizens”, as well as the hiring of an all-black sales team to promote Pepsi around the country.
8ay4G TIL The first "cocktail party" ever thrown was allegedly by Mrs. Julius S. Walsh Jr. of St. Louis, Missouri, in May 1917. Walsh invited 50 guests to her home at noon on a Sunday. The party lasted an hour, until lunch was served at 1 pm
Eg417 TIL there's a syndrome caused by brain injury which causes an obsession with gourmet foods. Symptoms include "Wanting to write, talk, eat, about refined foods".