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TIL Tea is the most popular manufactured drink in the world in terms of consumption. Its consumption equals all other manufactured drinks in the world

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9Y8bG TIL All of those warring states near the beginning of the Old Testament were actually very small and only encompass what is now modern Israel
8a6x4 TIL that for a period of time in 2010, Ozzy Osbourne was the health columnist in the British Sunday Times
69WJ7 TIL anyone in the world, any age, can receive a personalized letter from Santa Claus in Canada for free if they write him and mail the letter to: Santa Claus, North Pole, H0H 0H0, Canada. Schools classrooms can get a poster sized letter with all students name on it too.
8ajlG TIL that the term "Big Bertha" comes from Bertha Krupp, the sole owner of the company who manufactured the popular German WW1 "big bertha" siege howitzer cannon.
yQJ6w TIL the Jane Fonda story of betraying American POWs is false. Video of one of the POWs refuting the claim in article.