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KlL6 TIL the man who invented Life Savers (candy) had a son who committed suicide by jumping off a ship.
N75M1 TIL that the term cakewalk comes from a 19th century dance, invented by slaves in the antebellum South. It was intended to satirize the ballroom promenades of white plantation owners. Couples promenaded through the ballroom, bowing deeply and frequently. The couple who performed the best won a cake
rRDMW TIL that Coca-Cola originally contained cocaine in the form of an extract of the coca leaf, which inspired the “Coca” part of the beverage’s name. At the time, cocaine was a legal and not thought to be harmful. In 1929 scientists were able to remove all psychoactive elements from the recipe.
BrWxW TIL The record for the most Grammy Awards won in a lifetime is held by Georg Solti,a Hungarian-British conductor who conducted the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for 22 years.He has won a total of 31 competitive Grammy Awards out of 74 nominations and was awarded a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.
x7kb TIL that in Jerusalem, under the Ottomans, Jews would celebrate Islamic religious holidays with Muslims, and Muslims would join Jews in celebrating Jewish religious holidays.