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TIL Sprite was originally Lemon Fanta.
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TIL The phenomenon "Koro" is the psychological disappearance of the penis, and causes epidemics of panic anxiety due to widespread fears of losing one's genitals
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TIL that three James Bond movies are among the highest grossing films for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in its almost 100 year history
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TIL that back in the day, the guard who stood in the watchtower would ring a bell when the tower’s shadow disappeared (signalling midday and the start of a new watchman’s shift). This is how the term “watch” became associated with telling time!
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TIL that Hershey has promised to stop using child slave labor to produce their chocolate. By 2020.
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TIL one of the founders of ex-gay conversion therapy Richard Socarides had a gay son whom he privately supported when he came out but continued to insist publicly that ex-gay conversion was possible and that the existence of gay people was caused by poor parenting.