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TIL that 7Up used to contain lithium (a mood stabiliser used to treat mental health conditions)

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M7DQ7 TIL about Pleistocene Park in Siberia where scientists are trying to recreate the ecosystem of the last glacial period (a long time ago)
kO0AB TIL that, at 63,800,000 square miles, the Pacific Ocean is larger than all of Earth's land area combined.
neJxP TIL there was a traffic jam in China that started on August 13th 2010; it lasted two weeks, jammed traffic for over 100km and allowed drivers to move roughly 1km a day. It inspired people to sell noodles in the jam for 3x the normal price and bottled water for ¥15, it normally sold for ¥1.
me8P TIL In 1992, a man in Texas was sent to death row for murdering his kids by arson. He was executed by lethal injection in 2004. In 2009, through advances in technology, it was found that the fire was likely accidental. According to an expert, “There was no item of evidence that indicated arson.”
9YZEG TIL in In 1939, 20,000 Americans rallied in New York’s Madison Square Garden to celebrate the rise of Nazism