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TIL in Japan the Pile of Poo emoji (?) means “good luck”

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rReVo TIL: Stepan Company is the only commercial entity in the US authorized to import coca leaves. The cocaine-free extract is sold to The Coca-Cola Company for use in soft drinks, while the cocaine is sold to Mallinckrodt.
yXAl TIL in 1918 a carrier pigeon saved 194 American soldiers by delivering a message to nearby support despite having been blinded in one eye, shot through the breast, covered in blood, and with a leg hanging on by just a tendon.
nOLr TIL Floyd Mayweather Jr. gets two $1000 haircuts per week, with the same barber since 2009
VwVm TIL that Vladimir Arutyunian threw a grenade 65 feet from President Bush in 2005 at a speech in Georgia. The grenade malfunctioned and did not detonate.
MeXgb TIL the crowds of the pod races in Star Wars Episode I were half a million painted q-tips. With a blowing fan underneath the model stands, the q-tips would move around like a live crowd.