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TIL: of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, only one exists today - the Pyramids.

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rRDMW TIL that Coca-Cola originally contained cocaine in the form of an extract of the coca leaf, which inspired the “Coca” part of the beverage’s name. At the time, cocaine was a legal and not thought to be harmful. In 1929 scientists were able to remove all psychoactive elements from the recipe.
emAk TIL the first confirmed fatal wolf attack in North America was in 2010.
Bg4Rd TIL left handed people are significantly more likely to be paedophiles
1YvV TIL That the walrus, despite seeming so lazy, actually sleeps the least of any animal. They can go up to 84 hours without sleep, all while swimming and hunting.
4XrA6 TIL Newton Minow, then FCC chairman, called television a "vast wasteland" in 1961. In his "honor", Sherwood Schwartz named the ship on Gilligan's Island after him in 1964. Minow is still alive at 94.