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TIL that Coca Cola had tried to sell bottled water at a premium price which happened to be tap water taken from the mains

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OGQYR TIL that cows who listen to classical music produce more milk
eNn4 TIL dry red kidney beans can be toxic if they are cooked in a slow cooker, which doesn’t get hot enough to get rid of phytohaemagglutnin, causing severe symptoms.
DQ4Zg TIL: On July 23, 2013 Matt Dyer a lawyer from Maine was mauled by a polar bear on a hiking trip in Torngat Mountains National Park and luckily survived. Despite all that, a year later Dyer was back at the location of the attack.
l7pQr TIL the most prolific serial killer in Norway served 12 years of his 21 year sentence and was released for good behaviour. He has lived as a free man for nearly 30 years.
4X4Zg TIL that the estate of Jimi Hendrix no longer permits use of his music in films involving the abuse of drugs or alcohol. The last film to do so was ‘Withnail and I’ (1987).