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TIL Coca-Cola 'invented' Santa Claus for marketing purposes

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8aOJG TIL that Charlie and the waitress are married in real life!
D15GD TIL NASA's Juno spacecraft travelled 1.8 billion miles over almost five years and arrived at Jupiter on July 4, 2016 at 8:53 PM US Pacific time, only ONE SECOND off-schedule.
V9Gm TIL that heavy metal can induce positive emotions for those that are feeling angry.
LQO9v TIL Abraham Lincoln and George Washington are enshrined as deities at a Shinto shrine in Hawaii
l7aXK TIL when King Ferdinand of Spain died in 1065, he divided his kingdom between his three sons. They immediately went to war. Within a few years, Sancho was murdered, García was imprisoned for life, and with his brothers out of the way, Alfonso VI lived a relatively easy life—reigning until age 69.