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TIL that Mexican Coke is actually brewed, with cane sugar, in mexico with the intention to be exported. However, Mexicans still consume corn syrup flavored coke, also brewed in Mexico.

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0wlpy TIL that American surgeon William Beaumont, the "Father of Gastric Physiology", researched human digestion by putting pieces of food on a string and poking them through an old gunshot wound in his handyman's stomach. He pulled it out on regular intervals to check on how well it had been digested.
EgMw7 TIL the first Polish settlers arrived in Jamestown in 1608 - twelve years before the Pilgrims arrived in Massachusetts. They were skilled artisans brought by Captain John Smith. In 1619, they were not given voting rights and so led a strike, which is the first documented labor protest in the U.S.
JKb4 TIL that in 2014, measles hit a 20-year high in the US due to unvaccinated children
mx9ZY TIL that Fight Club was a major disappointment at the box office in 1999 and received mixed reviews from critics.
knB TIL that in a kingdom in India it was illegal for women to cover their breasts until the 19th century.