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TIL Indians are relearning Sanskrit and reviving the ancient language, with 10,000 new speakers in 2010 alone

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4bv5 TIL the GPS coordinates that lead to Walt’s buried money in BREAKING BAD actually, in real life lead to ABQ studios in Albuquerque NM where BREAKING BAD was filmed. They wanted to be sure the coordinates didn’t lead to somewhere people might go think there could be buried treasure.
5d1p TIL Tropicana OJ is owned by Pepsico and Simply Orange by Coca Cola. They strip the juice of oxygen for better storage, which strips the flavor. They then hire flavor and fragrance companies, who also formulate perfumes for Dior, to engineer flavor packs to add to the juice to make it “fresh.”
KOxW6 TIL: The "BookIt!" program still exists and - YES - you can still get free Pizza Hut pizza by reading books.
jn5Q TIL Roger Williams, the Father of Separation of Church and State, was devoutly religious and wanted to keep the two separate to protect the Church from the State, not the other way around.
b99E0 TIL that the Roman Empire didn't fall until the year 1453. Whilst Rome fell in 476, the Eastern Roman Empire- also known as Byzantium- survived for another thousand years. This means that Joan of Arc, the Spanish Inquisition, and Glasgow University all existed at the same time as the Roman Empire.