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TIL Mega Warheads candy were invented in 1970s Taiwan but it wasn't until the 1990s that they made it to American stores

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69ybZ TIL in 1347, Cola di Rienzo, after reading about ancient Rome, ousted the city's government & nobility. He titled himself "Tribune of the Roman people" & sought to unify Italy & restore the Roman Republic. He defeated crime, gave Roman citizenship to all Italian cities, & tried to elect an emperor.
e0GjL TIL Roughly 90 percent of the dollar bills in circulation in the U.S. have been shown to contain cocaine residue
xVkPg TIL "Eye of the Tiger" was originally going to be called "Survival" until the writers decided it was alright to rhyme "rival" with "tiger"
WkMBB TIL Modern LED light bulbs use only a dollar in electricity per year
WkYYX TIL that a man called Gregory Nemitz claimed ownership of an asteroid months before NASA landed a probe in it. He then proceeded to issue NASA a US$ 20 parking ticket for landing there