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TIL Coca-Cola in the Maldives is made from seawater

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5VeoR TIL until the early 1970s, funeral homes in the US doubled as ambulance services. If you were hurt or sick, you’d probably be transported to the hospital in a hearse.
nePGY TIL there have been two at least seperate soccer teams called the Stoners
e0yOg TIL that there is no year zero in the Gregorian Calendar, meaning that it went from 1 BC to 1 AD.
OoYK6 TIL of Anders Haugen, the only American to ever medal in ski jumping. He finished 4th in the 1924 olympics, but when a historian reviewed the results 50 years later he found a scoring error. Shortly thereafter, Anders went to Norway at 86 years old and was awarded his long overdue bronze medal.
j6Vwp TIL about Tirthankara who, according to Jainist tradition. conquered the saṃsāra, the cycle of death and rebirth, whose teachings form the basis for the Jain canons. In Jain tradition, tirthankara pave the way for others: their grace is available to all living beings, regardless of religion.