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TIL that 4 out of 10 Americans believe that God created the Earth less than 10,000 years ago.

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VN08 TIL that no soda company can emulate the taste of Coke because Coca-Cola is the only company in the U.S allowed to use imported coca leaves (where cocaine comes from) in their recipe. A partner company extracts the cocaine from the leaves whereupon they are shipped to Coca Cola.
gWQ7 TIL that John C. Mcginley (the actor who played Dr. Cox in Scrubs) uses girl names to refer to all his real friends. He also uses Cox’ signature whistles in regular conversation, calling it “a bad habit”.
R5xP7 TIL the last time new soap opera created in American television was Passion in 1999. Soap opera have been declining ever since.
6n5J TIL that college textbook publishers began adding more colorful visuals to books in part to justify the enormous increase in costs, more than 1000% since the late 1970s.
R5ZJa TIL One of the most notorious rotten boroughs in the UK before the Great Reform Act of 1832 was Dunwich, a constituency that had mostly flooded after the sea had encroached upon the town. While only 232 people remained by 1831, it still sent 2 MPs to Parliament.