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TIL Arizona has kept their Iced Tea at the price of 99¢ a can since 1992. They've managed this by not spending money on advertisements.

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8m8G TIL a fighter pilot got his sexual assault conviction thrown out after a General disregarded the findings of a jury that found him guilty. The decision cannot be appealed.
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7rJb7 TIL that The Monuments Men actually aimed to bring all German artwork back the United States, until the German people protested.
awYR9 TIL in 1947 in India there were still 565 active "princely states" or principalities under a local or traditional ruler in a subsidiary alliance with the British rule in India. They covered 40% of India and ranged from large states of 16 million people, down to 10 sq. miles with populations of 3,000
4km5N TIL Anna Jarvis started a petition to abolish Mother's Day in 1943. However, these efforts were halted when she was placed in the Marshall Square Sanitarium in West Chester, Pennsylvania. People connected with the floral and greeting card industries paid the bills to keep her in the sanitarium.