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TIL When the soft drink 7 Up first launched in 1929 it contained lithium citrate, the same mood-stabilizing drug used to treat mania and bi-polar disorder

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9lAB TIL that all the American flags placed on the moon are now white due to radiation from the sun.
kOL4g TIL Bears do NOT snarl/growl like they do in movies tv, commercials. They are depicted snarling, lips back, wide mouth. The bears doing this are not making sound, but simply opening their mouths as a trained behaviour. The sounds are added later, and are usually other animals such as wolves or lions
BrRvk TIL of James Gordon Wolcott who, at age 15, sniffed airplane glue, then shot and killed his parents and sister. He was found not guilty by reason of insanity. Today he is a psychology professor at Millikin University.
Oo5ne TIL Penn Jillette (of Penn & Teller) was originally such a successful street performer that when he asked an accountant how to pay taxes on the money he earned, he was told that he'd be better off not paying any since he would most likely be accused of being a drug dealer.
xVer5 TIL John Travolta adapted L. Ron Hubbard's novel "Battlefield Earth" into a film directed by George Lucas' protégé. Travolta described it as "like Star Wars, only better!", however the film was a commercial and critical failure and grossed less than half its budget.