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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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kRP7 TIL the average American dental student now graduates with $261,149 in debt.
VNlZ TIL that it is almost certain that the astronauts survived the initial Challenger explosion, and died on impact with the water. At least three of the crew’s emergency oxygen tanks were manually switched on after the crew’s capsule broke apart from the rest of the shuttle.
Rb87 TIL Saint Nick is the patron saint of prostitutes
QNGeL TIL that forks used to be a thing in ancient China but were later replaced by chopsticks
gxDX TIL Paulownia is also known as the “princess tree” because it was once customary to plant a Paulownia tree when a baby girl was born, and then to make it into a dresser as a wedding present when she married.