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TIL that lab analysis of Mexican Coca Cola shows it contains no sucrose i.e. "real sugar" and instead has a blend of fructose and glucose similar to US coke

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5Yjwr TIL King’s Hawaiian Bread was founded by an Okinawan immigrant to Hawaii who based it on the sweet bread that fellow sugar plantation workers from Portugal made and is no longer made in Hawaii but comes from Torrance in Los Angeles
ANald TIL About Camp Nordland which existed in New Jersey from 1937-1941. Owned by the German-American Bund the camp held various pro-German rallies culminating in a joint rally with other groups in 1940. The camp was ultimately closed after a police raid in 1941.
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9XvD TIL NASA requires all astronauts to learn Russian language.
d8QX9 TIL that in 1970 President Nixon forced the Secret Service to wear absurd uniforms inspired by ceremonial palace guards in Europe. They were so mocked that they lasted one month and were eventually sold to an Iowa marching band.