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TIL in Kyrgystan they play polo with a headless goat

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NolE TIL That when Crystal Pepsi was released, Coca-Cola released a competitor called Tab Clear… the only caviat being that Tab Clear was designed from the start to be poorly marketed and hurt Crystal Pepsi’s image, thereby killing off both products. Both campaigns died 6 months later.
R7w6a TIL oh Herman Bing, an American-German character actor who played the Ringmaster in the original Dumbo. Bing's career stagnated due to World War II where anything related to Germany, such as the thick-accented Bing, was frowned upon, resulting in his suicide in 1947.
YbkG TIL Adriano Celentano had a #1 hit in Italy for a gibberish “English” song
7rnBL TIL that in 1955 the famous, white DJ Alan Freed "accidently" played the single, Only You (And You Alone) by The Platters, on air during a prime time that was traditionally reserved for only white artists. It became an instant hit and pioneered the 'new sound' of rock ’n’ roll as we know it today.
46pg TIL: In 2012 a crew of scientists on a ship discovered a rather large error in maps - an entire island marked on maps that did not exist.