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TIL that in 2006 somebody stole and tried to sell Coke’s recipe to Pepsi, who turned down the offer, notified Coke execs, and called in FBI on the thieves.

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LklVv TIL that William Shatner directed 'Star Trek V: The Final Frontier' because of a clause in his contract dating back to the original series ensuring that whatever Leonard Nimoy got—he did too. So after Nimoy directed 'Star Trek IV', Shatner insisted that he get a turn at directing a movie.
mxRVy TIL about Caodaism a Syncretic Religion with about 4.4 million adherents . Their Pantheon Includes Joan of Arc , William Shakespeare, Jesus ,Muhammed and Lenin (among others).
OoaR4 TIL Mount Rushmore was originally supposed to depict each president from head to waist, but lack of funding forced construction to end early
Y1vP TIL: The most valuable vinyl record of all time is not a rare recording, it’s a plain, off the shelf, version of Double Fantasy by John Lennon and Yoko Ono. It’s worth half a million dollars because John Lennon signed the cover for Mark David Chapman 5 hours before Chapman murdered Lennon.
5YWrQ TIL that the phone system's three rising tones (Special Information Tone, or SIT) comes in 8 varieties that are similar but can be distinguished by electronic equipment. It was designed so equipment could identify the error, even without understanding the spoken message.