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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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jNPYN TIL of the Judas Goat - in an effort to rid the Galapagos Islands of goats, park rangers sterilize and inject hormones into a female goat putting her into heat. The wild goats are attracted to her and rangers shoot all of her potential mates.
woXoY TIL Newton's phrase about standing on the shoulders of giants dates back to at least 1159. John of Salisbury wrote then that "we see more and farther than our predecessors, not because we have keener vision or greater height, but because we are lifted up and borne aloft on their gigantic stature."
grn4 TIL Emperor Caligula would chew his victims testicles as a form of torture.
nlXB TIL that Microsoft Excel 2000 contains a secret racing game that users can play.
5aJn TIL that Mattel released an action figure of Stinkor, an anthropomorphic skunk supervillain of the He-Man universe, in 1985. Patchouli Oil was added to the molds to recreate the character’s unpleasant superpower. Toy collectors report the action figures continuing to reek after 30 years.