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TIL in the 1950s Coca-Cola wanted to raise the price of a Coke above 5¢, but their vending machines only took single coins. Not wanting to double it to 10¢, Coke asked the US to mint a 7.5¢ coin, but were denied. So it made every 9th bottle in the machines empty, making the avg effective price 5.6¢.

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5Yaer TIL of the Targa Florio, an automobile race through small mountain villages in Sicily, where spectators sat, stood right next to, or even on, the road, leading at least one race car driver to call it "totally insane." The race was held annually for around 70 years.
j0oN TIL why some people stay irrationally calm and take no action when faced with an immediate or impending disaster. It’s called “normalcy bias”.
1088 TIL The first person to receive a Social Security check,Ida May Fuller, collected $22,889 despite only contributed $25.
LkPkm TIL George Carlin was the narrator for the children's show Thomas & Friends
yYyw TIL: In 2013, a man bought a house next to his ex-wife, so he could install a middle finger statue.