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TIL Hansen's soda is owned by Coca Cola.

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16vxr TIL that Freddie Mercury was supposed to sing a Christmas power-ballad as the theme song for “Santa Claus: The Movie” (1985), and he apparently even recorded a demo, but he pulled out of the film as his Queen bandmates had already committed to the “Highlander”soundtrack instead.
rRR70 TIL Prince William used to play Call Of Duty on the Night Shift at the RAF.
BoLr TIL that Christmas for children in Medieval England meant getting extra beatings so as to ‘remind them of Herod’s cruelty’ instead of getting presents
QJOV9 TIL my great uncle Michael Wilson, writer of planet of the apes, Lawrence of Arabia, bridge of the river Kwai, it's a wonderful life, and much more; was blacklisted by Hollywood for being a communist and uncredited for much of his work.
nWvZG TIL of the Ice Cream barge, a concrete barge that was acquired by U.S. Navy to make Ice Cream for troops in the Pacific during WW2. It produced 10 US Gallons (38 L) of Ice Cream every 7 minutes.