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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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L8XQ TIL of a Sesame Street special in 1983 in which Big Bird helps a cursed 4,000 year old Egyptian child prince defeat a demon by solving a riddle and weighing his heart
7rdJr TIL the band Slayer released the album "God Hates Us All" on September 11th, 2001. Though it drew connections to the attacks suffered that day, the album was due to release months earlier, but was delayed to the the cover's explicit artwork.
GPjj TIL The Treaty of Ghent of 1814 once contained a clause that if Britain and Spain were to go to war, the U.S. would be given the rights to “protect” occupy Canada for a period up to 20 years, after which the U.S. could buy it for 50 million if 2/3rd of Canadians voted to stay part of the U.S..
VMBoB TIL that the orange-bellied parrot is close to extinction and conversion attempts are made difficult due to the bird having poor survival instincts
0d1BN TIL Bangladesh is the most populous country never to have won an Olympic medal