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TIL that just after shooting “The Goonies,” Richard Donner desperately needed a break and flew to his Hawaii home to get away. In response, Spielberg flew the cast to Hawaii, and Donner eventually came home to discover the child actors had emptied their luggage and were lounging on his furniture

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9GVQ TIL that in 1866 two separate entrepreneurs started competing milk companies in Switzerland. By 1905, when both men were dead, the two companies merged to become Nestle.
LOaQ TIL that in the 1960s, Dr. Pepper tried to convince people to serve it hot with lemon, as a holiday drink.
YJ4A TIL C.W. Post (founder of Post cereals) suffered several mental breakdowns. His doctor’s name? John Harvey Kellogg, inventor of corn flakes.
Jr8B TIL the Knickerbocker Knitting Company, later known as Champion, made the first hoodie
0dkNM TIL that the Battle of Santa Clara, which was decisive in Fidel Castro's rise to power in Cuba, was won by bulldozing an armoured train full of supplies and armoured personnel carriers. Today some of the derailed cars and the bulldozers are on display near the Santa Clara station.