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TIL the “up” in 7up used to be Lithium

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kEr7 TIL of the “Well to Hell” hoax, where it was reported than a group of Russian engineers (while drilling into the ground) broke into Hell, and screams of the damned could be heard. The Trinity Broadcasting Network ran with the story and claimed it proved the existence of Hell.
7QGb TIl In the Elizabethan era, sugar was very expensive and enjoyed by the wealthy, thus the wealthy were know to have bad teeth. Poorer people who couldn’t afford sugar would black out their own teeth to give the impression of wealth.
OGO07 TIL licorice candy can cause erectile dysfunction, among other health issues
RlA1 TIL that the longest anyone has ever survived in a shipwrecked raft was 133 days by a Chinese man named Poon Lim. He survived the ordeal by fishing, drinking bird blood, and killing a shark with a jug of water. He died exactly 23 years ago at the age of 72.
5YX7n TIL that Scott Fahlman, an American AI researcher is credited with the creation of the :-) and :-( emoticons in 1982