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TIL: Dr. Pepper was made to taste like the smell of a drug store

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eObE TIL: 59 years ago Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat. But 59 years and 9 months ago Claudette Colvin did the same thing, but the black community leaders didn’t publicize it because she was an unwed pregnant teen and didn’t want her to be the face of the cause.
9YrnD TIL that the California DMV only allows the number "69" on your vanity license plate if your car was built in 1969.
69YDX TIL: The most sampled song in the world is "Amen, Brother" by the Winstons. A seven second drum break known as the "Amen Break" has been used in thousands of songs
kOGLe TIL: Attacking a hurricane with a nuclear weapon is a bad idea (and not just because of the obvious fallout)
WWVX TIL The Iron Giant was remastered and released in 2015 with a new scene shedding ‘some’ light on the Giant’s origin/purpose.