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TIL Lay’s WOW chips were recalled because they made people literally shit their pants

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ZYjB TIL of a man who survived the fire and sinking of a ship in 1871, leaving him emotionally scarred. 41 years later, he was finally able to overcome his fears and nightmares, deciding to sail again… only to die in the sinking of that new ship: The Titanic.
J1D8B TIL During WWII Coca-Cola dispatched technical observers, nicknamed Coca Cola Colonels, to the frontlines to set up bottling plants to supply soldiers with their soda. They ended up establishing 64 bottling lines during the war.
kMjB TIL Philippe Petit, then a 24 year old French high-wire artist, illegally high-wire walked between the Twin Towers 8 times over 45 minutes in 1974. Charges were dropped after he performed for kids in Central Park.
mxRJM TIL that the studio recording "Jordan" by Buckethead was allegedly done in an unbroken, continuous take.
Wke4B TIL Bette Midler named her chickens after the Kardashians. Kim Kardashian died of a yeast infection.