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TIL that those bizarre Mentos commercials shown in the USA in the nineties, were all produced in Germany, where the candy comes from.

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QN0a9 Today I learned Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania has held an annual buggy race since 1920. (There is someone inside the buggy steering)
oBJo TIL that the reason for Sylvester Stallone’s snarl/slurred speech was an accident at birth, during which his Obstetrician accidentally severed a nerve and caused semi-paralysis in parts of Stallone’s face.
QJQaX TIL about Dr. Leonard Baily, who in 1984 transplanted a baboon heart into a dying infant known as Baby Fae. Baby Fae lived for another three weeks after the procedure.
PvDJ TIL that roundabouts reduce fatalities from accidents by 90%. They also lower wait times and save on gas.
QJOg9 TIL that in 1937 a massive demand for sulfa, the first and only effective broad-spectrum antibiotic available before penicillin, and nonexistent testing requirements led to a mass poisoning with over 100 deaths. This led to the passage of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act in 1938.