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

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0wXx1 TIL of Hachikō, the legendary Japanese Akita dog who stood waiting for his owner for over nine years after his owner died at his workplace. He would wait for him every day until he himself died.
jNLLv TIL during the filming of the original pilot of Game of Thrones, the Danny/Drogo sex scene was filmed outside with their horses behind them. They had to stop the scene because people on set started laughing. Turns out one of the horses got turned on and their giant horse boner was on camera.
R5B78 TIL IKEA is the 6th largest food chain in the world
bRma TIL DNA testing showed that one in three fish sold at restaurants and grocery stores is mislabeled as the wrong species.
d4G7 TIL a gay Vietnam veteran has a gravestone that omits his own name, merely saying “Gay Vietnam Veteran,” while pointing out that he received a medal for killing two men and a discharge for loving one.