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TIL McDonalds tried to create a bubblegum flavored broccoli to encourage kids to eat healthy.

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wLEoM TIL Rastafarians believed Haille Selassie, then king of Ethiopia to be the second coming of Jesus. Selassie refuted this and publicly denied his immorality. Rastafarians took this as proof he was in fact Jesus. Selassie's subsequent death in 1975 resulted in a crisis of faith for many Rastafarians.
PYALG TIL over 95% of pilots land their planes when conditions dictate that they shouldn’t.
oBmAR TIL the difference between a blizzard and a snowstorm is the strength of the wind, not the amount of snow
mQpP TIL that a man survived the sinking of a ship in 1871, leaving him traumatized afterwards. Some forty years later he was finally able to overcome his fears and sail again… only to die on the Titanic.
E1M17 TIL that criminals in ancient Athens were most commonly executed via crucifixion ("the board"), but the government allowed the condemned to drink hemlock instead if they personally purchased the poison