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

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v17N7 TIL Walgreens grew dramatically (from 20 to 525 stores) during prohibition in the 1920s because they sold "prescription" alcohol (and milkshakes)
KY0Da TIL in 2012 in Cebu, Philippines, after a 6.9 earthquake struck the city, someone shouted while finding their daughter whose name is "Chona Mae". This was misheard as "Tsunami" and eventually caused a mass panic.
YpVwr TIL - Lima beans are young Butter Beans
W7yQB TIL that Hadrian renamed Jerusalem as Aelia Capitolina and converted Jewish temple to temple of Jupiter which caused a Jewish revolt against Roman Empire.
vlEB TIL in a private cemetery in Arkansas, a woman single-handedly buried and gave funerals to more than 40 gay men during the height of the AIDS epidemic, when their families wouldn’t claim them.