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TIL that Clara Peller, famous for her “Where’s the Beef?” catchphrase, had her contract with Wendy’s terminated after she starred in a commercial where she “found the beef” in Prego’s Pasta Plus Spaghetti sauce.

by whatilearned July 4, 2022, 6:40 am

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The Ultimate Stuffed Crust Pizza Commercial Ft. Roger Craig Smith

by CopyPastaArchive June 28, 2022, 5:38 am

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TIL: Back in 1910, Citibank took over the national bank of Haiti, which besides being the sole commercial bank also served as the Haitian treasury and then in 1915 after both withholding Haitian funds and paying rebels to destabilize the country, the bank pressured the US Government to occupy Haiti

by whatilearned June 17, 2022, 4:02 am

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TIL the oldest operational commercial passenger plane is in the fleet of Canadian Operator Nolinor Aviation and is circa 48 years old

by whatilearned June 16, 2022, 4:57 am

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TIL the world’s shortest commercial flight is just 80 seconds / 1.7 miles, connecting the two Orkney Islands of Westray and Papa Westray in Scotland

by whatilearned June 14, 2022, 1:25 pm

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What old commercial jingle still pops into your head many years later?

by QuestionGuy June 7, 2022, 4:11 pm

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TIL that the first commercial airliner shot down by hostile forces was refurbished, returned to service, and later became the third commercial airliner to be shot down by hostile forces

by whatilearned May 31, 2022, 4:45 pm

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What’s the strangest local tv commercial you’ve ever seen?

by QuestionGuy May 30, 2022, 2:41 am

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TIL Precursors to chewing gum date back 5,000 years with the first commercial chewing gum released in 1848. To sweeten these early gums chewers would repeatedly dip the gum in a plate of powdered sugar to reconstitute the sweetness while they chewed.

by whatilearned May 21, 2022, 11:21 am

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TIL a commercial for the Cocoa Pebbles cereal led Hulk Hogan to sue the company. The commercial had a character named Hulk Boulder fighting Flinstones characters. He claimed it damaged his reputation and used his image. Hogan and the company came to an agreement to never show the ad again.

by whatilearned May 19, 2022, 10:13 pm

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TIL that Deleware has no commercial airline service to or from the state.

by whatilearned May 19, 2022, 7:40 pm

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TIL of John Graham, who hated his mother so much he hid 25 sticks of dynamite and a timed detonator in her suitcase before a flight. It was one of the first ever attacks of a commercial flight; all 44 aboard died.

by whatilearned May 12, 2022, 8:13 pm

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