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TIL most caffeinated soft drinks use synthetic caffeine, which is now mostly produced in Chinese factories

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JkOj TIL that so many American Indians joined the military during WW2 that had all Americans joined at the same proportion, conscription would not have been necessary. The Blackfeet tribe mocked the idea of a draft: “Since when has it been necessary for Blackfeet to draw lots to fight?”
kJXjB Today I learned that in Mormonism, the first Pharaoh of Egypt was literally named Pharaoh and his mother was named Egyptus. There is no basis for this in any other source.
Z8pap TIL EA charged real money for players to fill their tank with gas in the game Need For Speed: No Limits
E1nOw TIL of John Birges, who flew in the Luftwaffe, escaped a Russian Gulag, made millions in the U.S. from his landscaping business, and then spent the rest of his life in prison after using 1,000 lbs of dynamite to blow up a Nevada Casino.
wLXmY TIL Zoroastrianism (dating back to 2000 BC) is the only religion which has a creationism myth based on the contemporary Spherical Earth