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TIL that in the Mexican state of Chiapas, Coca-Cola can be easier to find than bottled water and has led to a diabetes epidemic which has increased 30 percent between 2013 and 2016 and is now the second-leading cause of death after heart disease

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5Y41D TIL that Sony needed military export permits from the Japanese trade ministry for the export of PlayStation 2s. The PS2 was so good at processing high quality images quickly that the Japanese government believed it was possible to adapt it for use in missile guidance systems.
E1Zm0 TIL A man, Denver Lee St. Clair died after being subjected to an atomic wedgie by his 33 year old stepson
bPxQ TIL that a man named Peter Niers killed 544 people and was subsequently executed over a 3 day period which included having strips of flesh pulled from his skin and hot oil poured into the wounds.
E10rx TIL about Radium Girls who mixed radium paint for watches and used camel hair brushes to apply the glowing paint onto the dials. The brushes would lose shape after a few strokes so the U.S. Radium supervisors encouraged their workers to point the brushes with their lips (lip, dip, paint). 1917-1926
wWmJ TIL that a study estimated that pharmaceutical companies spend more money on advertising than they do on research and development.