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TIL this 90s Coke ad campaign in Australia was cancelled after sexual imagery was noticed in the ice cubes

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newG9 TIL Ocean Sunfish (Mola Mola fish) are one of the largest bony fish and can weigh up to 5,000lbs
jNJwj TIL that Horton Hears a Who is an allegory for American attitudes towards Japan during and after World War II.
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p86jN TIL In 2009 a 70cm fish bit 6 tourists in Switzerland, sending 2 to hospital. Police divers harpooned the zander and offered it to the tourists as compensation.