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TIL Pepsi's original name was Brad's Drink.

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xVBN0 TIL the word 'Silhouette' is derived from the finance minister of France who advocated a simple life.
0wVN5 TIL about the the transmitter for WLW radio outside Cincinnati, until the output was reduced in 1939 from 500,000 watts, would cause lights to not turn off until WLW engineers rewired houses, a nearby hotel sign never went dark and farmers reported hearing WLW through their barbed-wire fences.
LkKvP TIL heart surgeon Ellsworth Wareham lead and completed more than 12,000 surgeries up until he was 74 when he then assisted and trained other doctors until he was 95. He drove until 100 and did yard work until the age of 104 when he passed away at home peacefully with his wife of 68 years at his side
kJEyB TIL about “the red zone” the time between Orientation Week & Halloween when students, especially first years, are more likely to experience sexual violence on campus
OEDe TIL Richard Dawkins coined the word meme in his 1976 book The Selfish Gene.