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TIL in 1899 Coca Cola sold the rights to the first bottling plant for only one dollar.

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VMdMk TIL Hitler named his personal armoured train 'Amerika' (America) until 1943 when it's name was changed to Brandenburg.
0w5Gp TIL that in Taiwan and South Korea, unless there is an emergency, motorcycles are forbidden on the freeways.
r0nW TIL Britney Spears’ father has a permanent conservatorship on her daughter, which is usually reserved for the severely mentally ill. Britney has reportedly stated that she really wants to quit the show business, but she can’t make any personal or financial decisions and is forced to continue.
D1NBe TIL Adolf Hitler made France surrender on the train car where Germany originally signed the armistice with France in 1918.
VEwB TIL that in Disney universe, if an animal character wears clothes, he or she can own an animal character that doesn’t (courtesy of dr Neil DeGrasse Tyson)