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TIL VitaminWater Is Not Healthy For You and Coca-Cola, who owns Vitaminwater, was sued by a non-profit public interest group on the grounds that the company’s vitaminwater products make unwarranted health claims.

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M98V TIL that asparagus touches 20 hands between field and market; is hugely labor-intensive to produce; and grows 7" per day
Y41W TIL in 1964 the FAA, wanting to find out whether the population of a city would tolerate regular sonic booms, got the air force to make multiple daily supersonic flights over Oklahoma City for six months
awyj0 TIL Dave Thomas (the founder of Wendy's) was a high-school dropout. He was afraid his success would convince teens to drop out of school, so at age 60, he went back and got his GED.
1DX4 TIL Solar panels are actually extremely resistant to environmental damage, holding 113 lbs/SQ ft and withstanding 1 inch hail at terminal velocity
l9mG TIL Volvo invented the three point seat belt, then gave free license to all other auto manufacturers to use it.