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TIL a billionaire hedge fund manager spent $50million investigating HERBALIFE and exposing it as pyramid scheme in a public presentation. HERBALIFE share price shot up 25% as a result.

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m1jXR TIL the cocoa leaves used to make Coca Cola have the cocaine removed at the Stepan Company plant in Maywood, NJ. It is the only company legally allowed to import & process them. The extracted cocaine is sold to Mallinckrodt to be refined for medicinal use.
M7kBV TIL that there's a city in Egypt called "6th Of October"
9BdX TIL there has never been a time in US history when there were more than six living Presidents
11MD TIL Rollercoaster loops are never circular, but instead, are designed with an upside down “teardrop” shape. This is because perfectly circular loops will subject riders to up to 6Gs of g-force, causing them to get injured.
QJbmd TIL that Hitler was mostly inspired by Ataturk. This is told by a book written by Stefan Ihrig. The details of this and the link of the book is provided.