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TIL a can of Coke will sink in water but Diet Coke will float

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RLOa TIL that “international versions” of textbooks exist. they are exactly the same but made with lower quality materials. They can be up to 75% less expensive and are illegal to buy in the US.
Z8YbQ TIL according to studies,an estimate of 1 million fathers in the U.S. are unknowingly raising another man's child.
m10By TIL of sawstop technology: It's patented by a single manufracturer who doesn't license its use to anyone else in the industry. For years, it was the only patent able to prevent table saw accidents and tried to use their patent rights to prevent making any similar safety system, with partial success
e8VD TIL The original version of the American Pledge of Allegiance did not include the line “[…] one Nation, under God[…]”, which was added in 1954.
N7DOJ TIL the oldest recipient of a doctorate degree was German born Ingeborg Syllm-Rapoport, who submitted her thesis in 1938 but wasn’t allowed to defend it under Nazi rule because her mother was Jewish. 77 years later she was finally given the chance to do so and obtained her PhD at the age of 102.