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TIL The US Marine Corps and the Dept of the Navy allowed thousands of people to drink contaminated water at Camp Lejeune Marine Corps Base Camp over the course of decades.

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EydV TIL Coca Cola have been accused of violent killings, kidnap and torture, health violations, and discriminatory practices… as well as selling bottled tap water
DQv5V TIL from 2014 to 2019 Flint, Michigan was exposed to contaminated water, leaving 12000 children exposed to lead, 79 lawsuits, 12 deaths, 4 firings, 4 resignations, and one conviction in which the convicted was given just one-year probation.
6ELwm TIL that that from 1986-1993, Christmas M&Ms had imprinted images of candles, bells, and pine trees, while Easter M&Ms had images of bunnies, chicks, and eggs! Then they were all replaced by the simple M (except for special orders which came along later)
9YljM TIL a Texas sheriff was duped into buying money copying box. Irate that the box did not work, he confronted the seller, who convinced the sheriff he had been operating it incorrectly and gave him some money for the trouble. The sheriff was later arrested because the money he had been given was fake.
0wdbp TIL Eevee is part fox, dog, cat and rabbit, causing it to have an "irregularly-shaped genetic code"