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TIL Coca Cola supported the apartheid

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M7wlW TIL about Dr. Mike Bingham, a conservationist who was fired for reporting an 80% penguin decline. He was harassed by the government, sued them for human rights abuses, and won in the Supreme Court.
JYjnl TIL about a town in Pennsylvania named Phoenixville that celebrates their town every year by burning down a giant wooden bird.
5P1B TIL 50% of Nigeriens are under 14 years old
gr51X TIL Swedish car company Volvo turned down a deal that would see them sell 40% of their company for a share of Norwegian oil, that share is now worth 140-200 billion dollars, Volvo was sold in 2010 for less than 2 billion dollars
rRx84 TIL UK's national anthem changes from"God save the Queen" to "God save the King" depending on the gender of the reigning monarch