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TIL that glue was made by melting horses, fish, and other animals before the invention of synthetic adhesives

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0wRyM TIL that Pepsico tipped off Coca Cola over employees tried selling them secret recipes and samples
XBK8 TIL that when the Super Bowl and the Presidential Inauguration conflicted, the President did the coin toss ceremony for the Super Bowl and had his public inauguration the next day.
p8nrZ TIL that between 1991 to 1995, Street fighter 2 arcade machines took an estimated $2.312 billion in revenue. Adjusted for inflation that is $4.15 billion in modern money.