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TIL Coca-Cola was created as an alternative to Morphine. It was also the first soft drink consumed in space.

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xVwd0 TIL talk-show host Stephen Colbert half-jokingly ran for US President in the 2008 election. He stated that he would only he run if he received a sign, which came when Viggo Mortensen, who played Aragorn in Lord of the Rings, appeared on his show and gave him a replica of the the sword, 'Anduril'.
Br8mx TIL WWE Wrestler John Cena is a fan of anime and noted his favorite anime film is, "Fist of the Northstar."
Wk6xX TIL Atheist churches exist and they're styled after Mega Churches in the United States. Located in places like Dublin, Sydney, and New York, they are places for Atheists to replicate the Church experience.
wolx8 TIL that Dan Quayle, Vice President of the U.S. (1989-1993) corrected a student's spelling of "potato" to "potatoe" in a spelling bee.
rRLRd TIL that Bangladesh, despite being the 8th most populous country in the world (ahead of Russia, Mexico, and Japan), is smaller than Oman, New Zealand, or Uruguay, and is by far the most densely populated country that isn't a city-state