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TIL that after the broadcast of a documentary about the secret formula of Coca Cola, the brand cancelled ALL future commercials on French public TV, resulting in a revenue loss of millions of euros

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16LJP TIL Easy-Bake Ovens (approximately 1m) were recalled in 2007 due to 278 reports of kids getting their hands or fingers caught in the oven's opening. These included 82 burns, 16 of which were second or third-degree burns. In addition, a 5-yr-old girl's finger had to be amputated due to a severe burn.
VBE9p TIL that potting soil can spontaneously combust!
kOd5W TIL that organ donation is on an opt-out basis in Singapore. Citizens who opt-out have a lower priority of receiving an organ should they need one.
lar TIL that the Department of Justice doesn’t count mixed race (half-black half-white) prisoners in their racial drug-related incarceration data
K4Za TIL Multiple studies have demonstrated that writing about personally distressing events can speed up healing of minor wounds