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TIL Grenadine is pomegranate flavored, not cherry flavored

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j6M6M TIL the falling out between Rudolf and Adi Dassler which led to the creation of Adidas and Puma, took place during a 1943 Allied bombing attack when Adi said "here are the bloody bastards again" referring to the Allied war planes, but Rudolf was convinced Adi meant him and his family
gamb TIL that Timothy Geithner updated his signature in order to make it more legible on U.S. currency
dD6BB TIL that Abraham Lincoln founded the US Secret Service hours before being assassinated
Z1LD TIL the author of Elizabeth Taylor’s obituary in the New York Times died six years before Taylor herself passed away.
Z8GA4 TIL that your body odors changes when you've been successfully infected by plasmodium (Malaria). Thereby making you a better target for mosquitos and spreading the disease.