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TIL Senator Mark Kelly (former astronaut) has an identical twin who confusingly also was an astronaut

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AoG7 TIL that lab analysis of Mexican Coca Cola shows it contains no sucrose i.e. “real sugar” and instead has a blend of fructose and glucose similar to US coke
B7GW TIL During truce talks between North and South Korea, both parties would try to bring a bigger national flag than the other to each meeting. This went on until a special meeting was called to address the size of the flags, as they could no longer fit in the room.
9Y777 TIL about June Almeida, a Scottish virologist who pioneered virus imaging, identification and diagnosis; her work includes the first or early images of rubella, coronavirus and HIV.
YpJ7B TIL that France enforced a ban on unlimited fizzy drinks in an effort to curb obesity
j6VPX TIL Robert Oppenheimer thought highly of physicist Hans Bethe and chose him to head the Theoretical Division at Los Alamos. After the War, Bethe declined to participate in developing thermonuclear weapons as he believed that the world would not be worth preserving after a war with such weapons