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TIL that in 2012 Mountan Dew cad a contest to name a new green apple flavored drink. 4chan picked up on this and skewed the contest. The winning submissions were “Hitler did nothing wrong” and “diabeetus”.

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OGGg7 TIL a waterfall rivaling Niagara Falls once flowed off the California coast where the Golden Gate Bridge now stands
oBaQL TIL the last person alive born in the 1800s, Emma Morano, lived to 117 and thrived on a diet of just two raw eggs a day
ADnEo TIL of the doomed 1936 Eiger north face expedition. One climber died during a training climb and half the expedition left. Of the four climbers who remained, two fell during an avalanche, climbing rope wrapped around the neck of another, and the last froze to death inches from his rescuers.
E10OV TIL: the sun does not provide vitamin D. It synthesizes the vitamin D already in your body.
lokEa A study published in the Indian Dermatology Online Journal found that smokers are two and half times more likely to develop premature gray hair than people who do not smoke.