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TIL despite its negative reaction, New Coke continued to be sold as "Coke II" in limited markets until it was quietly discontinued in 2002

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9wwbB TIL that the New Zealand govt maintains an online tool predicting when you have a 50% probability of dying by. Based on your current age and sex, and using historical data on age of death and implied trends, it spits out the age at which you are predicted to have a 50% chance of dying by.
YpdlB TIL notorious murderer and craft enthusiast Ed Gein was fond of children, and frequently babysat his neighbors' kids
DDae TIL Northen Ireland segregates Irish nationalist and unionist neighbourhoods through so-called “peace walls”, some of which can go on for miles.
VMZ4G TIL that Jackson Mountain, located in the Presidential Range of New Hampshire, is named after Charles Thomas Jackson, a state geologist in the 19th century.
R7RW6 TIL: When Richard Dawkins originally coined the term, a "meme" was a basic elements of culture just as a gene is the basic component of genetics.