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TIL French’s American Mustard is British Owned

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7rX6P TIL Batman was originally going to have blond hair, a small domino mask, and no desire for a secret identity. It resembled nothing like a bat and nothing how we know Batman today. Thankfully, Bill Finger stepped in and added some major changes to resemble the legendary Batman, we know today
8ax7V TIL that the inventor of Coca-Cola, John Stith Pemberton was a Civil War veteran who became addicted to morphine due to pain from a saber wound to the chest. Seeking alternatives to his morphine use, he developed the original formula for Coca-Cola with use of the coca plant for pain relief.
VBQRZ TIL that the world's largest Singer Sewing Machine factory in yhe world was in Clydebank Scotland
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nWmrb TIL a US Navy F11 Tiger shot itself down by during a weapons test by catching up with its own bullets.