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

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XYp8 TIL in the 90’s, a major testimony about horrific acts committed by Iraqi troops, including infanticide, was fabricated in order to gain support for the first gulf war.
mxwDP TIL Differences in traits between wheat-growing north and the rice-farming south of China. Northerners were more direct and less concerned with social conformity than Southerners, who were more "interdependent, holistic-thinking and fiercely loyal to their friends" attributed to climate differences.
p8LpN TIL: Acclaimed poet Maya Angelou was the first African-American female to operate a streetcar trolley in San Francisco, and got her license to do so at age 16
Oom6X TIL that during the Joker Pencil Trick scene in The Dark Knight was as dangerous as it looked. Charles Jarman, who played the Pencil Trick Thug, stated that he had to remove the pencil, in order to make it look realistic, before Joker (played by Heath Ledger) slammed his head on the table.
OGxGR TIL in the ABC song, the note for G is a G