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TIL A man once sued Pepsi after trying to buy a Harrier fighter jet with Pepsi Points

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Y8vA TIL David Trang, the creator of “Sriracha” named his company “Huy Fong Foods” in honor of the ship that helped him escape Vietnam in 1978.
N7MAE TIL that Jackie Chan, starred in a porn movie in 1975 during his early career struggle. Not only was he in a porn movie, but it remains to this day the only movie he has ever been involved with that doesn’t include a fight scene or a stunt sequence.
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