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R6gj TIL when Coke marketed their Dasani brand of water in the UK in 2004 it was a PR disaster because they referred to it as “bottled spunk” and used the slogan “can’t live without spunk” not realizing “spunk” was a slang word for semen
rNloe TIL The brown color of feces comes from the pigment bilirubin, and old red blood cell breakdown. It is yellowish and also excreted in the urine due to high water solubility.
BrY8L TIL the term "crimes against humanity" was first used in 1890 by George Williams to describe the practices of Leopold II of Belgium. After meeting the king, Williams travelled to the Free Congo State (which Belgium owned) and was shocked by the widespread and brutal abuses of the Congolese.
ep7Xb TIL in the movie Kate and Leopold (spoiler alert!) References to Kate being Stuart's great great grandmother had to be removed because critics were horrified by their incestuous relationship
NKgb TIL of Tommy Tucker, a squirrel that wore womens clothes and performed tricks to sell war bonds in WW2.