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TIL Mexican shamans began to use Coca-Cola in their religious rituals to heal worshippers. When Pepsi discovered this, they offered commissions to shamans to use Pepsi instead. When Coke began paying too, rival religious groups were formed based on which soft drink they used.

GY9Kg TIL Ken Ilgunas lived in a van for two years while obtaining his graduate degree at Duke to avoid debt. This is also known as “vandwelling”. His advice for “vandwellers” is don’t drink any liquid before going to bed, come to terms with celibacy, look normal, ensure stealth, and bring essentials.
XEnj8 TIL approximately 71% of the 34 million 17-to-24-year-olds in the U.S. would not qualify for military service because of reasons related to health, physical appearance and educational background,
a81PL TIL skydiving instructor Devrey LaRiccia & her student Kayla Black both died during a tandem jump after they encountered 2 dust devils (rapid rotating whirlwinds) at about 40 feet. LaRiccia managed to avoid one, but got caught in the other, which sent them in an uncontrolled spin to the ground.
8e464 TIL Disney considered roughly 50 ideas for dwarfs for the movie Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. The rejected concepts, some of which made it to sketches, included Jumpy, Deafy, Dizzey, Hickey, Wheezy, Baldy, Gabby, Nifty, Sniffy, Swift, Lazy, Puffy, Stuffy, Tubby, Shorty and Burpy.
PDBG TIL Chelsea Peretti’s (Gina from Brooklyn Nine-Nine) brother founded Buzzfeed