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TIL Adrian Newey, the chief technical officer of Red Bull Racing, was expelled from Repton School after he maxed out an audio mixer during a concert and shattered the building's 11th century stained glass windows

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4Xb45 TIL Coca-Cola had to pull its water drink from the U.K., because the water turned out to be contaminated water from near Peckham, England. The exact storyline of a joke in the English sitcom ‘Only Fools And Horses’ episode 12 years earlier
60jW TIL The US Navy had two flying aircraft carriers
BdPx TIL the Neapolitan mastiff almost died out in World War 2
nW8aY TIL the origin of the phrase “government cheese”
KPd6 TIL that Marlboro cigarettes were originally designed for women. The iconic red stripe was intended to hide lipstick stains, thus making it appealing to women. When it failed to attract women, the company changed the filter color to a muted brown, slapped a cowboy on it and marketed it to men.