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TIL Pepsi became a military power in 1989 after Russia could not pay them in rubles. Russia paid with diesel submarines and a few ships instead.

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x6rjo TIL that Gambling on who the next pope will be is one of the very few things explicitly punishable by excommunication.
rO44 TIL The CIA spent $20 million on a cat equipped to spy on Soviets during the cold war, but it got hit by a taxi.
lgpB TIL that when parents show favoritism or interfere in sibling conflict, those siblings are more likely to tend to conflict later in life, and less likely to collaborate in the care of the older parents.
nWX0W TIL: About the undersea volcano, Marsili - one of the Mediterranean's most dangerous volcanos. As of 2010, warnings say it could erupt at any time sending up to a 30m (100 ft) tsunami reaching Italy's Sicilian and Calabrian coasts in 10-20 minutes.
LkMjr TIL that the character of Brain (from Pinky and the Brain) was based off of Orson Welles, and was directly inspired by tape of Welles being a cranky b*stard during the taping of a commercial.