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TIL Wonder Bread received an estimated $4.3 million in ad exposure in Talladega Nights without paying a cent

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4W05 TIL one man is responsible for why women smoke, why we eat bacon & eggs at breakfast, why there’s fluoride in tap water, and why the US says it’s “spreading democracy” during war. He disliked the word “propaganda” so he coined the term “Public Relations”
yQAYp TIL Popular drug educator and Youtuber Krystle Cole aka "Neurosoup" was involved in the brutal torture of 18 year old Brandon Green
aboZ TIL that 30 years ago, you had about about 17 minutes to escape a house fire. Today it’s down to 3-4 minutes.
BgJxe TIL that captured slaves used to be housed in castles on west coast of Africa before being loaded in ships bound for Europe/North America
YjOG TIL of arctic explorer Peter Freuchen who took a 1000-mile dogsled trip across Greenland, starred in an Oscar-winning film, amputated his own toes, escaped a Nazi death sentence, cut his way out of a blizzard shelter with a knife made from his frozen feces, and won The $64,000 Question game show.