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TIL Mike Rowe (host of Dirty Jobs) was a professional opera singer

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Rbmw TIL Coca-Cola tried to market “OK” soda so they would have products named with the two most recognizable words in the world. While “OK” and “Coke” are still number one and two, “OK” soda never caught on and was discontinued shortly after launch.
b9VYa TIL that Empress Kōken of Japan nearly made a buddhist monk Dōkyō her successor on the throne. This would have broken the line of Japanese monarchs all being descendants of Amaterasu, and completely shifted the Imperial dynasty forever.
kJPgE TIL that very few remains have been recovered from the Battle of Waterloo. This is because the remains were likely sold and used as fertiliser.
nW66o TIL Sasanian King Shapur II was the only ruler crowned in utero. The story goes that the was crown was placed upon his mother's womb while she was pregnant.
ne0vB TIL - in 1941 people in Northern California and Southwestern Oregon started a push to form a new US State called Jefferson. The counties for a couple weeks would "secede every Thursday," using rifles to interdict drivers on Route 99 and hand them copies of their proclamation of independence.