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TIL Aquafina and Dasani are nothing more than tap water.

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xyjo TIL Doris “Granny D” Haddock was a political activist who walked over 3000 miles around the age of 90 to advocate for a single cause: campaign finance reform.
Rx19 TIL 87 year old Leo Thalassites is the oldest living policeman in America. He served in all 5 branches of the U.S military, received 3 purple hearts, competed in the Olympic games, and blames modern-day overweight cops who “are quick to pull a gun because they can’t use their fists.”
M7koA TIL: Contrary to popular beliefs, pigs are the most hygienic animals
4vn5 TIL one of Brigham Young’s 55 wives bravely divorced him and wrote the best seller “Wife No. 19,” an autobiography lambasting Mormonism and polygamy.
x6Am1 TIL during WW2, Finland fought alongside the Nazis vs. Russia before it was clear that balance of power was shifting