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TIL that Coca-Cola funded the NAACP and Hispanic Federation in exchange for them opposing legislation to curb legislation that would limit sugar consulting

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oBll7 TIL that Holger the Dane is a fabled Frankish knight, and statue, in the catacombs of Kronborg in Denmark. He will, according to folklore, come to life if Denmark is ever threatened by a foreign invasion. He was first mentioned in the 12th century, and the statue was built in 1907.
xVg9b TIL that while filming There Will Be Blood, the director Paul Thomas Anderson tested the pyrotechnical effects of an oil fire, causing an enormous amount of smoke to intrude on the nearby set of No Country For Old Men, filming of No Country For Old men had to be delayed for a day because of this.
Rla4 TIL that world’s shortest man is Chandra Bahadur Dangi (21.5 inch) and shortest woman is Jyoti Amge (24 inch).
R5R06 TIL Smallville actor Allison Mack was sentenced to 3 years of prison due to her involvement with sex trafficking through the cult NXIVM
Drog TIL That in Alaska more than 80% of adults are registered as organ donors, while in New York only 12% of adults are organ donors