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TIL that with the help of Dwight Eisenhower, Coca-Cola produced a secret “White Coke” variant of the popular drink. It was made specifically for a powerful Soviet Military Marshall who loved Coca-Cola but needed to hide the fact he was drinking it as it was seen as an American imperialist product.

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Xl5j TIL Scientist John All fell into a 70-foot deep crevasse in Nepal. He broke 15 bones and was bleeding internally but miraculously survived and was able to document his climb out.
yQmvp TIL some of the actors playing zombies in 1978's "Dawn of the Dead" were drunk, regularly going to nearby bar while they waited for filming to begin. Some even jumped on a golf cart and crashed it into a pillar, causing thousands of dollars in damage.
XyYP TIL after scavenging dead humans, leopards can grow to enjoy human meat. They have been known to break down doors and roofs in order to reach human prey.
KOMaw TIL in 1993 an American spelunker found evidence of people living in 2 Ukranian caves during WWII. It was 1942, when a group of families survived the Holocaust by seeking refuge in the caves. Nearly 2 years later, someone left a bottled message alerting all of them the area was safe from Nazis.
WkvvL According to Texas A&M’s Urban Mobility Report 2019, the average auto commuter spends an extra 54 hours in his or her car every year on top of the time it should actually take to get to the office. If you live in a city like Los Angeles, San Francisco, or New York, that figure doubles. In Los Angeles, for example, commuters spend 119 hours each year delayed in their cars—that’s almost three full weeks spent idling.