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TIL France and Mexico fought a war 1838 over unpaid pastries

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Gjj5 TIL that a Coca-Cola corporate secretary once stole the secret Coca-Cola recipe and attempted to sell it to Pepsi. Instead of acquiring the recipe of their competitor, Pepsi called the FBI and had her arrested.
XQ9E TIL a man was arrested and convicted of being a homosexual after witnesses caught him drinking Baileys Irish Cream.
N7OWQ Today I learned the Cornus Florida is the state tree for Virginia and Missouri, but not Florida.
v10a7 TIL of St. Martin de Porres - the Catholic patron saint of mixed-race people, barbers, innkeepers, public health workers, and all those seeking racial harmony. He was the illegitimate son of a Spanish nobleman, Don Juan de Porres and Ana Velázquez, a free woman of African-Native American descent.
vBRR TIL of Mexican singer Chalino Sánchez failed assassination attempt on. In 1992 while he was performing at a club, a patron came up to the stage, pulled a gun, and shot Sánchez in the side. Sánchez immediately pulled a gun of his own and returned fire, the would-be killer was shot to death.