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TIL Monster sells canned water so entertainers/athletes don't guzzle sugar/caffeine all day.

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kB91 TIL the creators of Superman invented him first as a villain who looked like Lex Luthor.
lkl5 TIL that editors will often add fictitious words to dictionaries in order to “catch” others copying off them. Cartographers also do this.
9YL0r TIL James and Betty Jones learned what a James Beard Award was on the day that they won one.
Bggge TIL that amphetamines' first clinical use was to relieve nasal congestion, under the trade name Benzedrine in 1934. It is now used in the treatment of ADHD and narcolepsy among other uses.
VMojk TIL Roger Taylor, Queens drummer, has the same 4 octave vocal range as Freddie Mercury and Aretha Franklin