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TIL of CANZUK, a proposed supranational alliance comprising of Canada, Australia, New Zealand & the UK

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9YYkr TIL there are medical professionals pushing to make sugar a controlled substance. Among other things, they would like to see the FDA remove the "generally regarded as safe" classification of sugar.
85rL TIL that the photographer who took the famous ‘The vulture and the girl’ photograph in 1993 later on committed suicide in 1994, the same year he received a Pulitzer prize for the disturbing image.
l7DLA TIL in the 1950s Coca-Cola wanted to raise the price of a Coke above 5¢, but their vending machines only took single coins. Not wanting to double it to 10¢, Coke asked the US to mint a 7.5¢ coin, but were denied. So it made every 9th bottle in the machines empty, making the avg effective price 5.6¢.
GA1yQ TIL a 19 year old East German stole a 10 ton Soviet armored personnel carrier and drove full-speed into the Berlin Wall, got caught in barbered wire and shot twice before West German bar patrons rescued him.
DKRe TIL that ADHD affects men and women differently. While boys tend to be hyperactive and impulsive girls are more disorganized, scattered, and introverted. Also symptoms often emerge after puberty for girls while they usually settle down by puberty for boys.