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TIL that the mastermind behind the two (2002 and 2005) Bali Bombings and numerous other bombings in Indonesia within that time period was a Malaysian college professor with a PhD from the University of Reading in UK.

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VMKpp TIL Mountain Dew was originally developed as a mixer for liquor. Tennessee bottlers Barney and Ally Hartman developed Mountain Dew as a mixer in the 1940s as they had difficulty in Knoxville obtaining their preferred soda to mix with liquor, preferably whiskey, so they developed their own.
Z8x4p TIL in 1958 a white girl kissed two African American boys aged 9 and 7 on the cheeks. The two boys were arrested, detained for 6 days without access to their parents or legal counsel, & were severely beaten by the police. The boys were detained for a total of 3 months.
p8xBN TIL: Josie Jump was removed from Balamory after a few series after disagreements happened between the BBC and Josie's "house" owner. The house was actually a working hotel, and the owner got fed up with the tourists, so he told some children that he "killed Josie and put her under the hotel patio".
9y4X TIL China has been producing fake chicken eggs since the 90s. The production cost is less than half of a real egg. They are made from a mixture of resin, starch, coagulant and pigments, while algae gives them proper viscosity. The shell is made from paraffin wax, gypsum powder, and calcium carbonate
jNPva TIL Jackie Kennedy once wrote an essay to Vogue for a competition, where the winner would win an editor position for six months in New York and six months in Paris. Out of more than 1,200 entries her essay won, but she quit on her first day.