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TIL Mountain Dew was created as a mixer with whiskey due to the maker not being able to get a shipment of his favorite soda

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nBBd TIL that Adam Savage, host of Mythbusters, wanted to disprove creationism on an episode of Mythbusters, saying, “I’m sick of fifty percent of this country thinking creationism is reasonable. It’s appalling.”
YevW TIL Grady Stiles, a circus sideshow attraction known as “Lobster Boy” was convicted of murder. Later in life Stiles was murdered by a sideshow performer who was contracted by Stiles’ own family to kill him.
Z8wvQ TIL A Turkish mother took care of a paralyzed Russian boy she didn't know for ten years until he died in 2018.
wLVgY TIL 3.5 billions of years ago a day only lasted 12h
Mejvm TIL that Lethal Weapon 2 opened in South Africa, December 1989. Despite the film's anti-South African stance, it was passed uncut by the censors and it was a huge hit. Two months later, Nelson Mandela was released from prison. Danny Glover had actually portrayed him in HBO’s Mandela (1987)