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TIL That only 50% of Americans can read at an 8th grade level

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epRK4 TIL that for over fifty years, Coca-Cola tried to control the use of the term "cola". Despite their threats to other businesses and numerous lawsuits, by 1944, courts had determined "cola" was a generic term and denied Coca-Cola's monopoly.
nWP1G TIL in 2013, 20 people were injured, with 7 sent to the hospital, after a promotional stunt by LG in Seoul went wrong. LG released 100 helium balloons, each with a free smartphone voucher for a phone that retailed at $851. Customers arrived with BB guns (to shoot the balloons) and knives on sticks.
VBWL8 TIL Sun Microsystems was named after Stanford University Network
jBpa TIL ‘Public School’ has the Opposite Meaning in the U.K. compared to the U.S.
16Op8 TIL that our spinal chord has consistency of a Banana