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TIL After translating their slogan ‘Pepsi gives life’ into Chinese, Pepsi executives were stunned to discover that they’d just spent millions of dollars announcing ‘Pepsi Brings Your Ancestors Back from the Grave’ in one of their ad-campaigns in China.

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69WgW TIL about John Smeaton, a former baggage handler at Glasgow Airport. He helped thwart the 2007 Glasgow Airport attack by kicking one of the attackers in the groin. He was awarded the Queen's Gallantry Medal for his actions.
MVeB TIL Cornell University modified a human embryo with a protein to glow in the dark in the first documented modification on a human embryo
6JJl TIL there was a scientific study proving that internet trolls are actually horrible people
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XELNR TIL Before the Civil War, Syria experienced five years of severe drought