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TIL In exchange for Pepsi products, Russia gave Pepsi 17 submarines, a cruiser, a frigate, and a destroyer. At the time, it was 7th largest submarine fleet in the world.

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VMQ1G Today I learned that Bolivia has one of the world's largest deposits of lithium, critical for production of lithium ion batteries.
VmxG TIL in order to save 140 tonnes of carbon annually in reduced transportation, British supermarket Sainsbury’s shrunk the inner cardboard tube of all their toilet rolls by 11mm.
QNL7p TIL, Mao Zedong’s oldest son, Mao Anying, was killed during the Korean War
eDMn TIL When Steven Spielberg first showed John Williams a cut of Schindler’s List, Williams was so moved that he told Spielberg he deserved a better composer. Spielberg replied, “I know, but they’re all dead.”
gro5A TIL Mel Blanc, while having a career almost entirely with Warner Brothers, had two Disney voice rolls: A few hiccups for the mute character Gideon the Cat in Pinocchio (1940), as well as voicing his Looney Tunes characters in Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)