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TIL that November 17th is officially Danny DeVito Day in New Jersey in celebration of the actor, who is an Asbury Park native

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oBExY TIL when the FBI went undercover to expose the McDonald's Monopoly promotion scam that occurred between 1989-2001 they posed as a production company that interviewed supposed winners for TV commercials and named it Shamrock Productions with the byline “‘Cause you’re just lucky” printed on their van.
woYwJ TIL: The term ‘mountain dew’ was originally used to refer to a traditional distilled Irish alcoholic drink called Poitín.
4Pk5 TIL that, starting during their golden age in the early 17th century, the Dutch had a monopoly on trade with Japan that lasted until 1854. During this time, the Dutch were Japan’s only source of information on the Western world.
kOwKm TIL that the son of Alexander Hamilton successfully represented Aaron Burr’s wife in her divorce case against him
PYgen TIL that Hitler never visited a single concentration camp or death camp and no written order for the “Final Solution” has ever been found. He also never spoke about it, even to his closest entourage in order to distance himself. This is used by Holocaust deniers as evidence against the Holocaust.