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TIL About Mike Cameron, a kid in 1998 who got suspended for wearing a Pepsi shirt on Coke Day.

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nejvb TIL that tongue twister 'she sells seashells by the seashore' is about a real girl named Mary Anning. She also happened to be one of the very first people to discover a massive dinosaur fossil, which she did at age 12 while looking for seashells to sell by the seashore.
e0WQk TIL In 2013, the French government overturned a 200-year-old ban on women wearing trousers. According to the law, women needed permission from local police if they wanted to "dress like a man" and wear trousers.
jB1a TIL Bipolar disorder may have been a climatic adaptation for humans to survive short summers (manic episodes for high productivity) and long winters (depression to slow metabolism).
rRXZM TIL Iggy Pop hated punk
QRka TIL the Marii-El Republic in Russia is the homeland of the Mari people, many of whom still follow their polytheistic indigenous religion. Possibly the only unbroken spiritual lineage to survive Christianisation in Europe. The Mari native religion comprehends tree worship and animal sacrifices