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TIL when 3 people tried to sell Coca Cola secrets to Pepsi, Pepsi informed Coke and the FBI.

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XYvQ TIL: the inventor of intermittent windshield wipers tried to sell his idea to the auto industry and was turned away. When they began showing up on new cars, he sued, and won.
dDjdZ TIL Astronauts' bones shed weight in Space, losing as much as 1.5% of their mineral density each month, and recover most of it back on Earth. Interestingly, astronauts with permanent mineral density loss don't seem to experience more bone fractures than normal
LGbv TIL, Ozzy Osborne had his genome sequenced to better understand how he’s still alive after years of hard drug and alcohol abuse. “There’s really no plausible medical reason why I should still be alive. Maybe my DNA could say why”.
d8BGE TIL of José Sanjurjo a prominent figure in the Spanish civil war, who died when the biplane he rode which was overburdened with his luggage crashed. Before flight the pilot warned Sanjurjo of the danger to which he replied with, "I need to wear proper clothes as the new caudillo of Spain."
e0JRL TIL that vanilla beans (like coffee beans) all taste differently based on their country or origin. Some taste like figs, others like cherries, some like licorice and all have a primary flavor of vanilla.