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TIL that 3 guys tried to sell Coca-Cola’s secrets to Pepsi, and Pepsi contacted the FBI.

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rp4o TIL that the band D12 wanted to find the 12 best rappers of Detroit but found only 6, so they created alter-egos in order to have 12. That’s when Eminem came up with Slim Shady
4jyb TIL that a cook refused to believe she was a carrier for Typhoid Fever, and continued to cook possibly killing 51 people. She was forcibly quarantined for over 30 years until she died.
E1XKP TIL viruses like ebola can change your eye color
RV8w TIL: The 2.3 million Americans currently incarcerated constitute the largest prison population in the world, and account for 25 percent of the global prison population.
AOnn TIL there is literally no evidence that cell phones interfere with planes. The ban was based on this isolated incident.