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TIL The phrase "back to square one" originates in the game of snakes/chutes and ladders

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6EW6Y TIL The cast of Friends is making more now (20 million) per year off of syndication than they did during the final season (1 million per episode for 18 episodes)
7rVB7 TIL Heating oil is diesel fuel. It is dyed red to indicate that it is not legal to burn in a diesel vehicle because the red dye indicates that there were no road taxes paid with it.
nnD7 TIL due to its pagan origin, the Christmas festival was banned in Massachusetts between 1659 and 1681 by the Puritans as an illegal observance.
yQ5xw TIL that the flavor Blue Raspberry is based on a real fruit, the whitebark Raspberry. Although the fruit’s actual color is a deep purple, the fruit provided a way for candy makers to use blue dye
aweZy TIL That the mummified remains of a German man, Manfred Fritz Bajorat, were found on his boat off the coast of the Philippines in February 2016. He had died of a heart attack and a combination of salt air, ocean winds and hot temperatures created the perfect climate needed to preserve his body.