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TIL that in the 90’s, Coca-Cola tested vending machines that would automatically change prices based on the temperature outside. The higher the temperature the higher the price.

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dgZr TIL that the spiritual leader the Dalai Lama once told the American author John Perkins, “Don’t become a Buddhist. The world doesn’t need more Buddhists. Do practice compassion. The world needs more compassion.”
XEeJE TIL that if you planted the seeds of a Granny Smith apple, you wouldn’t get Granny Smith apple trees. Apples aren’t “true to seed”.
neRGo TIL that French President Charles De Gaulle survived an assassination attempt due to the bullet being stopped by the frame of the photograph of his daughter Anne that he always carried with him. Anne had downs syndrome and died 14 years earlier at the age of 20
OBEe TIL: The United States has never gone more than 33 consecutive years without a war
Z8oo4 TIL Optimus Prime is not a Jew (supported by verifiable source material).