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TIL Pink Floyd derived its name from the first names of two Blues players, and at the last minute

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5gLB TIL when 7up was created in the late 20s, it contained lithium a powerful mood stabilizer that is today considered a controlled substance, it was marketed as a hangover cure
16aLd TIL that after 5 Tamil chiefs defeated the Sri Lankan king Valagamba, one of them became king but was eventually slain by another, who also became king before being slain by another, and so on until only one remained, then Valagamba returned, slew the last one and took back his throne.
dEv8 TIL There is a conveyor belt that is 98km long in the Sahara Desert.
oBEpW TIL that Stan Lee has the highest worldwide career-film gross at $30,648,396,569 with his roles in 48 films.
VZoZ TIL during WW2 a Soviet Airforce lieutenant who intentionally did not open his parachute survived a fall from the plane of approximately 7,000 meters (23,000 feet)