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TIL Soda stored in plastic bottles loses 1.5% to 2% of its carbonation per week due to permeation of carbon dioxide through polyethylene terephthalate (PET).

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LQmMr TIL about a sport called Jorkyball, which is like a cross between soccer and squash
aZR0 TIL in 1999 Alec Wildenstein had the most expensive divorce in history with a settlement of $3.8 billion. During the divorce the judge stipulated that Mrs. Wildenstein couldn’t spend any of the money on cosmetic surgery (During the marriage she spent $4 million on surgery to look like a cat)
KOd96 TIL a child, Bobby Dunbar, disappeared at age 4, then was "found" in another state with different parents. Investigators took the child, returning him to the Dunbars. Years later, DNA revealed it was the wrong kid.
ejjb TIL that a rival butcher collected 25 cats, starved them, and then snuck them into his competitors store after it shut down for the day. The cats ate out the Butcher Store before they could be attacked by police
VBQBk TIL more than 140 home runs have been "splash hits" since San Francisco's Oracle Park opened in 2000, 35 of those by Barry Bonds alone. At PNC Park in Pittsburgh, Josh Bell homered into the Allegheny twice in one month.