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

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AnOB TIL India has the largest government midday meal program in the world, feeding 120 million students per day for free.
VaVG TIL that US Government agencies (CIA, FBI, Naval Intelligence) have recruited the American Mafia multiple times in order to reach their goals. A couple examples are defending the New York harbor during WWII and attempts at assassinating Fidel Castro in the 1960’s.
AZ7 TIL Sally Ride was not the first women in space ,Valentina Tereshkova (Russian) was.
RwxQ TIL that in 1787 a man was hanged for deserting and re-enlisting in the British Army 47 times, in order to get the large bounty obtained upon joining the army.
8Q4P TIL that in a competition to build the world’s tallest building, the architect of the Chrysler Building secretly built it with a 125 ft long spire inside of it. When his competitor’s building was completed, the spire was pushed up through the building making it taller by 119 ft