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TIL the expiration date on bottled water is for the bottle, not the water.

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M76WK TIL there is a fruit called a pluerry that is a cross between a cherry and plum
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EZ6x TIL that a Facebook poll in 2012 indicated that Beaker is the favorite Muppets character, beating Kermit, Miss Piggy and Animal.
KY8WQ TIL that Vince Clarke, one of the Depeche Mode founders, left the band because he didn't like fame. He then launched two more bands that ultimately also became famous - Yaz and Erasure.
JYxW4 TIL Stieg Larsson, author of 'The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo' part of the Millennium trilogy, died in 2004 due to a heart attack. The Milennium trilogy was published posthumously & has sold over 80 million copies today.