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TIL that “Pocari Sweat”, a Japanese soft/sports drink, will be the first commercial product advertised on the Moon following a capsule launch planned in October 2015.

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rNN14 TIL Harald Hirschsprung (describer of Hirschsprung's disease) helped establish a children's hospital named after Queen Louisa of Denmark in 1879. She wanted the walls decorated with Bible verses, but Hirschsprung insisted on pictures of animals. After this, the Queen declined to enter the hospital
KY7w TIL that until 2008 Walmart de Mexico was paying its employees with vouchers only redeemable at Walmart.
BDBy TIL that between 1941-1944, Turkish diplomats saved thousands of Jews by issuing them Turkish passports and sometimes pulling them off trains headed for the death camps. Among these diplomats was Necdet Kent, whose son Muhtar Kent, is the current chairman and former chief executive of Coca-Cola.
0wVA TIL that all the meat in a Subway cold cut combo is actually turkey…
xVOP0 TIL about Pumped-Storage Hydroelectricity, in which thousands of gallons of water are pumped to a reservoir at a higher elevation using off-peak electricity, then released to turn turbines and produce electricity at a later date. It's a non-chemical form of battery.