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TIL Mountain Dew was invented by Barney and Ally Hartman to be used as a whiskey mix as they couldn't purchase their favorite lemon-lime mixer in Knoxville, TN.

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Z8koo TIL that Will Rogers World Airport, in Oklahoma City, is the only airport in the world to use the word "World" in its name - despite not having any international flights
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