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TIL there is a banned Pepsi and Doritos commercial that used Doritos as communion wafers and Pepsi as sacramental wine

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epOnk TIL that two successive attempts by the newly-formed FBI to catch Public Enemy #1 John Dillenger resulted in him and his gang getting away but their girlfriends being arrested, leading to mockery of the agency's bungling with the slogan, "We may not get our man, but we always get his woman."
LkdZP TIL that the word Hallelujah comes from the Hebrew hallelu+Jah meaning “praise god.” It is synonymous with the Muslim phrase humdulillah, to the extent that Arabic-speaking Christians and Jews use humdullilah in place of hallelujah.
gRvA TIL that despite being overshadowed by the Spanish-American War of 1898, the Philippine-American war of 1899-1902 was vastly more destructive. During the war, The United States implemented a brutal “scorched-earth” strategy, leading to the deaths of between 200,000-250,000 civilians.
b5Ea TIL that in the elections for mayor of Rio de Janeiro in 1988 the population was so unhappy with politicians, that a well-known monkey of the local zoo received over 400k votes.
v19nD TIL that during the 1908 Olympics, marathon runners, including the winners, drank champagne, brandy, or strychnine cocktails, in the belief that it would provide energy. In 1924, the Paris games provided wine at rehydration stations.