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TIL that strawberry Fanta can be found in many Thai shrines as an offering to the spirits

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pY85e TIL, the reason for many serial Killers "having three names", such as John Wayne Gacy, Henry Lee Lucas, Lee Harvey Oswald, is actually a convention of media reporting, under the assumption that by using the middle name people with the same first and last name will not be misidentified as the killer.
9YANB TIL that physicist Heinrich Hertz, upon proving the existence of radio waves, stated that "It's of no use whatsoever." When asked about the applications of his discovery: "Nothing, I guess."
KYJVw TIL that, Great Wall of China expansion project is believed to be funded by lottery
PyEJ TIL Goldcorp once offered $575K to anyone who could help find gold deposits. The Canadian mining company eventually paid out a winner and proceeded to unearth $6B worth of gold at the location.
8aAQ4 TIL: Cats can recognize their owners voice and tone when they are calling for them from other voices and background noises. Their brain registers the sound, but the cat just can’t be bothered to respons.