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epRK4 TIL that for over fifty years, Coca-Cola tried to control the use of the term "cola". Despite their threats to other businesses and numerous lawsuits, by 1944, courts had determined "cola" was a generic term and denied Coca-Cola's monopoly.
e04B6 TIL Two metal detectorists who thought they'd found a stash of Roman gold coins they estimated to be worth £250,000 discovered the coins were actually a worthless prop for TV show The Detectorists.
XE5aD TIL The Pentagon had staff stop playing Pokemon Go with a memo titled "Pokemon stop" and to play the game only when outside.
Z8G7p TIL of Dax Cowart, a Vietnam vet who suffered devastating burns after a gas explosion in the 1970s, and who endured 14 months of agonizing treatment that he did not want. He survived, married, went to law school and continued to argue that his doctors should have allowed him to die.
kDym TIL that most butterfly’s depicted in art are shown as dead