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TIL: There's more caffeine in diet cola than regular cola.

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6EME7 TIL Ireland is the only Western European democracy to have signed a condolence book and visit the German ambassador following Hitler's death in 1945
epNZb TIL Daniel Carleton Gajdusek, an American physician and Nobel Prize winner, was charged of child molestation, including that of the children brought home from research trips to live with him.
dQmQ TIL the term “Glory Hole” originated in glass blowing. It is the hole providing access to a furnace used to reheat a piece of glass in between steps in the process.
6EmVZ TIL on the show "Lassie".. Timmy wasn't always named Timmy.. He was originally named Jeff.. and he NEVER actually fell in a well..
4XBA5 TIL about Taarof, Iranian etiquette in which the host offers anything to the guest and the guest declines it repeatedly until eventually giving in, regardless of whether they want it or not. Taxi drivers might refuse payment initially as passengers are meant to insist on paying.