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TIL that coca-cola was banned in Portugal because the man who wrote the slogan made people think the product was a drug.

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Gmm5 TIL that the maggot was the first animal approved by the FDA as a medical device. Maggots are very effective in cleaning dead tissue, disinfecting open wounds and stimulating healthy tissue growth.
e6o6 TIL that 2013 is the first year in recorded history where consumption of fish has surpassed beef
ADP0g TIL about Seretse Khama, a Botswana monarch who was exiled after marrying a white woman. After his return as a private citizen, he started an independence movement, became a president and led Botswana to prosperity.
jNWoE TIL that there is a cave in Mexico that is home to hundreds of blind and deaf snakes that hang from the ceiling to hunt bats
oR4jW TIL the most widely read Nigerian novelists writing in English, including Helon Habila, Teju Cole, Adichie, reside outside of Nigeria. Starting from Chinua Achebe, novels written by African authors were almost always published in the West first