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TIL Coca-Cola created a clear version of their soda for the Soviet Union in the 1940s called "White Coke"

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Ove1 TIL that the SriLankan Airlines president sacked the CEO after he refused to move business class passengers to economy to give their seats to the airline’s president’s family. He appointed his brother-in-law instead, who lacked experience. In 7 years the airline accumulated US$875 million in losses
WkJwX TIL after Algeria won independence, it committed systematic genocide against Muslims supporting the French. 30,000 to 150,000 were murdered by lynch mobs. The French army disobeyed orders not to intervene and rescued some 90,000 Muslims to France. Algeria refuses to let them return to this day.
Wpm4 TIL: Bill Nye’s father was in a POW camp for four years during WWII
a8p0Z TIL the first Nintendo console, NES, had an expansion port capable of connecting a 3D headset, a floppy disk drive, and even a modem.
vnrr TIL the only reason a Scottish bagpiper wasn’t shot by German snipers on D-Day was that they believed he had gone crazy.