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TIL-Alexander the Great most likely suffered from Guillain-Barré Syndrome and in all probability, was buried alive!

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4NVX TIL that during WWII the owner of Coca-Cola made sure “to see that every American in uniform gets a bottle of Coca-Cola, wherever he is and whatever it costs the Company.”
6QAm TIL a British cabinet minister was almost given the job title of “PENIS”: the Productivity, Energy and Industry Secretary
P15nO TIL in 2022 seat belt use in the US was 91.6% of occupants (8.4% unrestrained) and unrestrained occupant deaths accounted for 49.8% of deaths.
AN6n4 TIL the "Jeopardy!" theme song was originally intended as a lullaby for the composer's son
MeOZV TIL that the secret police in Communist Romania subjected the leaders of a 1977 coal miners’ strike to 5-minute chest X-rays to ensure that they developed cancer