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TIL that the Cola gets its name from the kola nut, a caffeine-containing fruit of the kola tree, which is used as a flavoring ingredient in beverages

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WgJL TIL an inmate on death row requested for his last meal that a large vegetarian pizza be given to a homeless person. The prison officials denied his request although homeless shelters received massive numbers of vegetarian pizzas from strangers.
0dAWR TIL roughly 1 in 22 Dodge Ram 2500 drivers have been cited with a DUI before, more than twice the national average of 1 in every 55 drivers overall.
OoBkY TIL James Harrison has donated blood every week for the last 60 years. His blood contains a rare antibody that prevents pregnant women from developing Rhesus Disease. With his donations, he has saved over 2 million lives.
GO65 TIL the CNN “Technology Specialist” who speculated that “the hacker known as ‘4Chan’” was “a systems administrator who knew his way around and how to hack things” is now a radio anchor and technology contributor for Fox News.
78YDP TIL that in the 1990s, actor Marlon Brando would often spend time in AOL chatrooms getting into political arguments with unsuspecting strangers. His account was frequently suspended for ending arguments by telling others to “Fuck Off.”