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TIL the creator of RC cola developed his own formula because a Coca Cola salesman refused to give him a reduced price for buying the syrup in bulk

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VBEX0 TIL Nazi Germany had a squadron of pilots dedicated to ramming Allied bombers at the end of WWII.
kJVl7 TIL skin cancer is 20 times more common in white people than black people
4Lra TIL Hunter S. Thomson’s relationship with the Hell’s Angels was primarily amiable during his research for his articles and books, but when Thomson admonished a Gang Member by stating: “Only a punk beats his wife”, Thomson was severely beaten, or “stomped” as well.
PYWnG TIL Reporters Without Borders created a Minecraft server that hosts hundreds of censored articles from around the world for the entire world, even the most oppressed countries, to view
5YJ4r TIL that the containment structure built during the Chernobyl disaster to prevent further release of radioactive material was the largest civil engineering feat in history, involving a quarter of a million construction workers who all reached their official lifetime limits for radiation.