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TIL 7-UP was launched 2 weeks before the 1929 stock market crash and contained lithium until 1948.

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D1jXj TIL that there are postage stamps specifically for sending postcards, and they are nearly $0.20 cheaper than letter stamps. (Context: I’m a millennial.)
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