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TIL Dr Pepper is the #2 soda in America behind Coca Cola

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vPN6R TIL that both Duane Allman and Berry Oakley (both of the Allman Brother’s Band) died in separate Motorcycle crashes one year apart; both 24 years old, both in Macon Georgia, and each incident only three blocks away from from each other
xmG1 TIL That in 1978 a monolithic rock was moved from Machu Picchu to make way for a helicopter landing site for the Royalty of Spain. This was done again in 1989, for a meeting of Latin-American leaders, damaging the stone beyond repair and so it was buried.
w8aW TIL Pocahontas was later known as Rebecca Rolfe and her descendants include the wealthy First Families of Virginia and Nancy Reagan
vb68 TIL that when faced with belligerence in bars, James Joyce would hide behind Ernest Hemingway, his drinking buddy, and shout, “Deal with him, Hemingway! Deal with him!”
mxPmR TIL The largest U.S. bill ever in circulation was the $10,000 bill, which was issued until 1945. As of May 30, 2009, only 336 of these large bills have been known to survive. Salmon P. Chase is depicted on the bill.