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TIL that there is open source cola, OpenCola, which allows you to edit and submit improvements for the recipe.

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Zp08B TIL in 1967, The Doors scored their first #1 hit with "Light My Fire." Elektra Records’ founder Jac Holzman offered each member a gift; Jim Morrison picked a 1967 Ford Mustang, inspired by his hairstylist Jay Sebring. In 1969, Morrison mysteriously lost the Mustang, and its fate remains a mystery.
PV1O TIL Bob Odenkirk (Saul Goodman on Breaking Bad) wrote Chris Farley’s famous “Matt Foley: Motivational Speaker” SNL character.
YgM7 TIL all prisoners in Norway have internet in their cells
N7ZgM TIL that in the 19th century, America was notorious for exporting adulterated food and counterfeiting European products, similar to how China is regarded by the West today.
KYv5a TIL World War I trenches were constructed of sandbags, planks of wood, plaited wicker, tangled barbed wire, or even just mud. The trench systems on the Western Front were about 475 miles long, extending from the English Channel to the Swiss Alps, though not in a continuous line.