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

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Or8a TIL Bing Crosby was a lifelong golfer. He died at the age of 74 immediately after finishing 18 holes. His last words were reportedly “That was a great game of golf, fellas.”
OL6R TIL at the Battle of Agincourt, around 5,000 English archers faced off against 10,000 armored French knights and men-at-arms (who had a total force of 30,000 soldiers). The battle resulted in around 10,000 French losses, while the English suffered only 400 casualties.
0YrR TIL of Death Bear, a person in a seven-foot-tall bear costume who could be summoned via text message to visit New York homes to collect and remove painful reminders of breakups
OKxa TIL that a customer closed his million-dollar bank account after his bank refused to validate a 50c parking ticket
8dk4 TIL of the Sakai incident, where samurais killed 11 french sailors, only to be condemed to ritual disembowelment themselves.