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TIL Mountain Dew was originally invented as a mixer for whiskey

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4keD6 TIL Kevin Costner turned down starring in Air Force One (1997) so he can star in The Postman (1997), a movie he also directed. Air Force One was a critical and commercial success while The Postman was a box office bomb with Costner "winning" two Razzie awards for worst actor and director.
BgBPb TIL the Reverend Wilbert Awdry invented some stories about trains as a way of entertaining his son who had measles, one of the trains was called Thomas the Tank Engine
QNrM9 TIL that reindeer eyes change colour with the seasons. Reindeer eyes are golden in the summer and a vivid blue in the winter. This is due to physiological changes in the eye caused by pupil dilation in response to the Arctic's extremely low light conditions.
XylX TIL if you own your own rail car, Amtrak will let you attach it to one of their trains and go along for the ride…
e0DGg TIL that there is a school in the phillipines made entirely out of recycled pop bottles.