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TIL that candies such as candy corn, whoppers and milk duds are covered in an insect secretion

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dlNd TIL Japanese green traffic lights are blue
P14Wn TIL that the first self-propelled vehicule, built by Cugnot in 1769, was intended for transporting cannons. The vehicle was not suited to the load, and despite further trials, the project was abandoned. However, 241 years later, in 2010, a copy of the machine was built, which worked perfectly.
e0GOb TIL Bea Arthur, from the Golden Girls, was an animal rights activist, especially for "Big Cats." She went on Judge Judy to fight for them.
vpP7 TIL under French law, 40 percent of all music played on national radio must be performed in the French language.
j65ep TIL Europeans used to think tomatoes were poisonous because the acid in the tomato caused their pewter plates to leak lead into their food