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TIL the Hershey’s Kiss Christmas bells commercial has run every year since 1989

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nDoo TIL Twix has slumped in size from 60g in the 1980s to 58g in the 2000s to 50g in 2015
D1oxg TIL in 2000, Microsoft was ordered to split in two by the US government in an anti-trust suit. Microsoft appealed and eventually settled, agreeing to cease anti-competitive behaviour.
7rEMb TIL of Soviet spy, Gevork Vartanian, who stopped the Nazi assassination of Roosevelt, Stalin, and Churchill at the age of 19; 400 German agents were arrested/killed because of his efforts, and the assassination was ultimately prevented.
X0jV6 TIL That in terms of single car company dominance by country, Uzbekistan takes the top spot. 94% of all new car sales are a single brand - Chevrolet
WxeN TIL that Black Tie is the second most formal dress code.