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TIL Fanta was invented in Nazi Germany, due to the difficulty importing Coca Cola syrup

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Me9xW TIL the largest flower garden in the world - nearly 18 acres containing more than 250M plants and yielding over 50M flowers - is located in Dubai. The hot desert climate requires the Dubai Miracle Garden to use over 750k liters of water per day sourced from the city's wastewater.
7rDGL TIL the X button on a PlayStation controller is actually called the cross button
9YPyQ TIL the defense mechanism of the American Opossum, "Playing Dead", is an involuntary action. The opossum will seize up, evacuate bowels, and excrete "dead thing" smell from a gland
m1dRO TIL that the "Bendy Banana Law" took effect on 1 January 1995 in the European Union where standards for banana quality and classification were introduced
DQ14Y TIL about "Anderson's Piano", a complex systems of wires and weights that has been protecting railways in the Scottish Highlands from rock falls for over 140 years.