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TIL George Washington preferred pot to alcohol

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gMxR4 TIL thousands of Volkswagen diesel cars are parked in limbo in the California desert. VW spent $7.4 billion buying back 335,000 cars due to Diesel-gate and parked them in 37 remote storage facilities around the U.S.
YpLbr TIL Pepsi released a 'healthy soda' in Japan called "Pepsi Special", claiming that dextrin in the drink suppresses the absorption of fat. The drink is not available in the US, and Pepsi could face legal challenges from the FDA if brought over due to too much dextrin causing people to become sick.
ANDvx TIL about Will & William West, two felons who looked visually similar and even had similar anthropomorphic measurements. Officials needed fingerprints to “prove” they were different people. While mugshots still persist, most body measures have given way to fingerprints.
VMElm TIL in 1922, scientists went to a hospital ward with comatose children, dying from diabetic keto-acidosis. They went from bed to bed injecting the kids with a new extract, insulin. As they injected the last comatose child, the first one injected began to awaken.
gMAx9 TIL that the final words of President Antonio José de Sucre were: “F*ck, a bullet wound!” He’d been shot while riding in a jungle in Colombia. He was said to have been an educated gentleman who had never cursed until that day.