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TIL that in 1911 the United States sued Forty Barrels and Twenty Kegs of Coca-Cola over their caffeine content, with the physical objects being what was on trial.

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oReoL TIL that the song "Take Me Home, Country Roads" was written about a road in Maryland, by a songwriter from Massachusetts that was living in Washington, DC, and had never visited West Virginia.
VBwGZ TIL that traditional lacquer is made w urushiol sap, aka the rash-causing toxin in poison ivy & poison oak. In fact, "urushi" (as in "urushi-ol") is the Japanese for the Chinese lacquer tree (also toxic) & an English word for lacquerware. They all fall in the genus Toxicodendron, or "poison tree".
QJjlp TIL in 1131 the co-king of France, Philip, died when the horse he was riding tripped over a pig.
awddM TIL a unit of measurement common in Sweden and Norway, but not in Denmark, is the Scandinavian Mile, or the Mil, pronounced like meal. It is equal to 10 kilometres, but has been longer in the past.
W7YMo TIL that "The Black Cauldron" was the first Disney animated film to receive a PG rating. It was a box-office bomb.