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TIL Pepsi was originally called "Brad's Drink."

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RmRQ TIL that a pilot survived after spending 15 minutes outside the plane when he was sucked out of the cockpit due to the windshield falling off with only two stewards holding onto his legs. The co-pilot managed to safely land the plane.
OZVR TIL that Raiders of the Lost Ark grossed $384 million dollars in worldwide ticket sales. But it only had a budget of $18 million, giving it a profit ratio of over two-thousand percent.
ADvn TIL NASA used less money ($526 billion) in it’s entire existence than the US military used in 2010 ($663 billion)
WdJd TIL That after Germany invaded Greece in 1941, a German officer climbed up the Acropolis and ordered the soldier on guard there to surrender and replace the Greek flag with the swastika. Instead, the soldier named Konstantinos Koukidis, wrapped himself in the Greek flag and jumped to his death.
rgVW TIL that the once-thought useless human appendix has evolved at least 29 times, and been lost a maximum of 12 times–but evolution keeps bringing it back, possibly due to it having an important role in immune function.