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TIL that cola drinks are essentially just carbonated herbal tea with caffeine.

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VBMxp TIL about commotio cordis, sudden death from from cardiac ventricular fibrillation caused by a chest impact over the heart.
kJnQd TIL wiener dogs (dauchschunds) were bred to scent, chase, and flush out badgers.
v9l7 TIL that the Ludlow Massacre was an attack by the Colorado National Guard on a tent camp of 1,200 striking coal miners and their families back in 1914. The attack ended up claiming over 2 dozen lives, including wives and children of the strikers.
lo8LV TIL potatoes should never be refrigerated. Not only does it ruin the flavor, it produces high levels of a carcinogen called acrylamide
MvrB TIL the founder of Wendy’s, Dave Thomas went back to high school in 1993 to get his GED because he was worried that his success as a dropout might convince some teenagers to quit school.