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TIL that Ronaldinho lost a $750,000 deal with Coca-Cola because he took a sip from a Pepsi

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VMQeQ TIL that Nathan Fielder (creator and star of Comedy Central's 'Nathan For You') is mistakenly listed as female in his U.S. green card.
gMDoA TIL: South African gamblers smoke endangered vulture brains for luck
e0OyJ TIL that in 1992, National Public Radio ran a spot with former President Richard Nixon saying he was running for president again. It was an actor, not Nixon, and the segment was an April Fools' prank.
xVZZw TIL: An artist active in Grenada mounted dozens of realistic statues underwater to provide "habitat for filter-feeding organisms." The submerged sculpture garden Jason de Caires Taylor built gets visits from divers and tourists in clear-bottomed boats as well as tropical fish.