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TIL that the VitaminWater class-action lawsuit resulted no compensation for the consumers, and Coca Cola/Glacéau could continue marketing VitaminWater as “nutrient enhanced water beverage”.

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neKA7 TIL that Rodney Dangerfield smoked pot at the White House during the Reagan administration.
d9Od TIL raising your right hand to swear in court was a precursor to criminal records. The court would brand the hand of convicts who received leniency from the court, and therefore could not receive the privilege twice.
mkgy TIL that eating ripe bananas help combat abnormal cells and the more dark spots a banana has the better the anti-cancer quality.
BBOk TIL creativity has been linked to depression, anxiety, and “madness”, with writers being 121% more likely to suffer from bipolar depression than the general population and 50% more likely to kill themselves.
XwgX TIL an MIT geek in the 70’s convinced a record label he had a band recording an album in LA. In reality he mixed the entire thing himself from old homemade demo tapes in a run-down basement in Boston. It only cost a few thousand dollars to create, and sold more than 20 million copies worldwide