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TIL There is no period in Dr Pepper after it was removed in the 1950s because the logo at the time made it resemble "Di: Pepper"

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R7mP1 TIL One to three days after getting a bad sunburn, you can experience a traumatic pain called "Hell's Itch" which feels like fire ants crawling under your skin.
OZY7 TIL that Roy Sullivan is the record holder for most survived lightning strikes. He was struck in a fire lookout tower, in his truck, in his front yard, in a ranger station, twice while driving away from the storm, and immediately after the seventh strike he fought off a bear with a tree branch.
gr7Zb TIL a doctor named Chester Southam injected his patients with cancer without their consent to see how their bodies would react.
4xYX TIL Boston has hidden poems on its sidewalks that are only visible when wet. When it rains, pedstrians are treated to the work of Langston Hughes and others.
KYGG6 TIL cane toads (both tadpoles and adults) can survive in high salinity water.