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TIL Harry Redknapp is Frank Lampards uncle

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jNdZE TIL that Coca-Cola from McDonald's tastes different compared to plastic bottles and other restaurant chains thanks to unique storage system, water filtration, syrup-to-water ratio, and cooler temperatures
XEx0j TIL that a VIN (vehicle identification number) actually stands for something and not just a random set of numbers.
gN1W TIL Nikola Tesla once paid an overdue hotel bill with a ‘working model’ of his 'death beam’. He warned the management never to open it without taking proper precautions to avoid detonation. After his death in 1943, the box was pried open & they found nothing but a bunch of old lab components
R58Pa TIL of Jennifer Keelan, an 8 year old girl with cerebral palsy who crawled up the steps of the Capitol building to tell Congress to pass the Americans with Disabilities Act that had been stalled in committee. It was signed into law 4 months later.
xE9o TIL that 1.3 million pints of donated blood spoil every year since blood only has a 40 day shelf life.