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TIL Aquafina and Dasani are nothing more than tap water.

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ZpV9v TIL in the 1970s American authorithies along a nonprofit group founded by fishermen, threw around 2 million old tires into the coast of Ft. Lauderdale to creat an artificial reef which would help the growth of new coral. Instead they created an ecological disaster.
Ma9A TIL that a radio station in Cincinatti was the first to broadcast at 500-kilowatts - a signal so powerful, some could hear the station from the metal in their mattresses and box springs.
MewRa TIL destitute mothers would leave a playing card when abandoning their child. If the card was torn in half, it meant that the mother would someday return with her half of the card to claim the child. If card was whole, it meant that the child was fully abandoned and the mother would not return.
Zd0v TIL: Redd Foxx died of an actual heart attack in 1991 on set, nobody helped him because everyone thought it was all part of the fake heart attack act he was famous for.
4kOmw TIL in 1800’s New York City, pigs roamed freely and ate trash in the streets. When city government attempted to ban them in 1821, pig owners refused and rioted, causing the government to suspend their efforts. Over the next 28 years, owners continued to riot anytime the city tried to ban pigs.