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TIL that Mt. Dew Slurpees contain caffeine, although not as much caffeine as the pop

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Bgy1k TIL that the 100 aircraft employed in The Battle of Britain (1969) were described as the "35th largest air force in the world"
R7Or6 TIL Margaret Hamilton (the Wicked Witch of the East) was badly burned while filming The Wizard Of Oz. After being hospitalized she returned to set but refused to do any scenes with fire so her stunt double took her place in a scene riding a prop that spewed smoke which exploded injuring her as well.
ANMnn TIL that sadism and masochism as counterparts is a misnomer. For instance, Sade (origin of sadism) wrote in his books that a sadist doesn't enjoy "a willing servant." It was just Freud who created the whole sadomasochism concept... Damn you, Freud.
8ap6X TIL The face and developer of Nintendo's "Brain Age" series, Ryuta Kawashima, has turned down all royalties from the video games, over $11 million, and put it toward brain research.
7Var TIL There is an operating system that fits on a floppy disk, and is still being developed for fun