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TIL since 2007 Coca Cola has caused 14 deaths PER DAY

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P4ZJ TIL that there is an exclusive restaurant in New York state that has a 10-year wait list
4Xj6X TIL of Vitaly Yurchenko, a KGB officer who was turned by the CIA and defected to the US. He gave the name of 2 moles, and in 1985 disappeared just before eating at a French restaurant in DC. He later reappeared in Russia, saying he was drugged and kidnapped by the CIA, and was given a medal.
69LY TIL: Microsoft just updated their terms and specifically disallowed monetization of gameplay videos on YouTube
xG7w TIL Pablo Escobar had four hippos which, left untended for decades, have been breeding and now there are around 50 wandering an area in northwestern Colombia.
PXWO TIL that the main programmer responsible for writing and maintaining the GNU Privacy Guard (used by journalists and security professionals) almost went broke, but he received funding from Facebook, The Linux Foundation and Stripe after an internet article pointed out his dire financial situation.