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TIL that Coca-Cola once printed “You Retard” on Vitamin Water bottlecaps

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ZZMD TIL the Federal Reserve is not owned by the government, and that it is owned by private shareholders and banks.
DQeoV TIL The world's largest employer is The United States Department of Defense (with 3 million employees)
XEKDX TIL while promoting Astro Boy during his visit to The United States in 1964. Osamu Tezuka was able to meet Walt Disney on opening day of the 1964 New York World's Fair. Tezuka and Walt briefly discussed about working on a movie together, but the plan quickly fell through after Walt's death in 1966.
W7QEX TIL that Soviet revolutionary Leon Trotsky was not at the funeral of Vladimir Lenin, despite being among the USSR's top leadership at the time of his death. Trotsky later claimed he had deliberately been told the wrong date for the funeral.
yQ0eJ TIL The Egyptian national dish is mulukhiyah has in its cooking instructions is to heat an oil until still sizzling, to create a characteristic sound which people traditionally respond to with the shahka (Arabic: grasp for breath in fear or surprise).