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TIL Coca-Cola’s formula still includes extract from the coca leaf, the source plant of cocaine, the original stimulant in addition to caffeine. Imported from Peru and Bolivia, the leaves are processed by a plant in New Jersey, the only plant authorized by the US federal government to do so.

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xkd7 TIL The first time a Navajo baby laughs, the family throws a party. The person who made the baby laugh provides the food.
KOY6 TIL: Methuselah, from the Bible, is accredited as being the oldest person to have ever lived, dying at age 969 years. But it is thought that this is a mistranslation and that he was 969 lunar months old when he died (78.5 years old) since early Judaic tribes used lunar months to gauge time.
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