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TIL in Chicago over the last decade more Americans have been murdered than have been killed in Afghanistan.

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p8OOA TIL David Spade inspired Donkey. Terry Rossio and Ted Elliot, who wrote Shrek, said, ‘You know who we patterned the donkey and the ogre off of? As far as their relationship? That was Spade and Farley in Tommy Boy.'
OGGXY TIL that milk is sprayed on vineyards to prevent grapes from becoming mildewed.
rZ1d TIL in 1999 Coca Cola invented a vending machine that could adjust its prices based on the temperature, allowing it to hike up the price of a Coke on a hot summer day. Customers denounced the idea, while even Pepsi accused Coke of exploitation
oRxlr TIL: Pope Gregory XIII, known for the Gregorian calendar we use today, bought several states for his son, whose descendants claim noble title to this day
wokB7 TIL that in 1978 an entire pulp mill was shipped from Japan to the Amazon rainforest in Brazil