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TIL that simply being 7'0 or taller nets you a 17% chance of being an NBA player.

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ZpVbo TIL the first U.S official coin in circulation, the Fugio Cent, had the motto "Mind Your Business" instead of "In God we Trust".
rgRx TIL that with the help of Dwight Eisenhower, Coca-Cola produced a secret “White Coke” variant of the popular drink. It was made specifically for a powerful Soviet Military Marshall who loved Coca-Cola but needed to hide the fact he was drinking it as it was seen as an American imperialist product.
glR4 TIL that in 2007 black leaders of Noxubee County Mississippi were found guilty of orchestrating “relentless racial discrimination” against white voters.
E1Y7P TIL more people have been to space than have ridden in a B-2 stealth bomber.
Z8Jko TIL About Empedocles, a Greek philosopher who thought he was a God. In order to prove his divinity, he leapt into Mount Etna to show that he could survive the fire. It is said his bronze sandal was found after it was spat out of the volcano.