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TIL - When Coca Cola Launched Dasani Water In The UK Their Slogan Was ‘Bottled Spunk’ & 'Can’t Live Without Spunk’; Oblivious That In The UK Spunks Means Semen.

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rR4nM TIL that in India there are 29 caves joined together which are filled with paintings from over 3 religions(Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism), which were constructed in 520 BCE and has a size of 8,242 ha, making it one of the largest man-made cave structures ever built
YAO7 TIL That Banting and Best sold away their rights to profit off insulin for $1 and today it can cost a person living with diabetes as much as $400 a month for their own insulin needed to survive.
RDP7 TIL the word ‘you’ was once used only for two or more people, and 'thee’, 'thou’, 'thy’ etc referred to just one person.
KOoGG TIL: Godzilla's roar was created by dragging a resin-coated leather glove along the loosened strings of a double bass.
EPKX TIL Lockheed Martin is developing an exoskeleton for the military that will allow a soldier to carry a 200lb load for extended periods.