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TIL Coca-Cola still produces $3 billion worth of pure cocaine per year and sells it to opioid manufacturers

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4kRd6 TIL about the "Siglas Poveiras", a very local writing system in north Portugal that is used by families as coas or fisherman symbols. It's believed that came from for norse settlers runes that lived in the region.
QJQaX TIL about Dr. Leonard Baily, who in 1984 transplanted a baboon heart into a dying infant known as Baby Fae. Baby Fae lived for another three weeks after the procedure.
x64mw TIL in 2012 an 11-yr-old boy disappeared while shopping with his mom & then made his way to an airport. After he passed 5 security checks without a passport or boarding pass by tagging along with a family, he was able to board a flight from Manchester to Rome alone. He was discovered after takeoff.
e0Omk TIL: After annexing Crimea in 2014, Russia began planning construction on the longest bridge in Europe, a 19km road and rail bridge connecting Crimea with mainland Russia. Such a bridge had been considered since 1903, it was completed in 2018.
4Jeo TIL Drooping ears never occur in any animals in the wild except for elephants