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TIL Coca-Cola was first marketed as a brain tonic

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VR50 TIL that the only member of ZZ Top without a beard is drummer, Frank Beard.
PYaRO TIL - Tobacco companies knew the smoking - lung cancer link in 1930s and engaged in a coordinated coverup until at least 2000. The were finally convicted of Racketeering in 2006 in United States v. Philip Morris (and appealed to the Supreme Court)
PB4L TIL that rationing in the United Kingdom during WWII actually increased life expectancy in the country, and decreased infant mortality. This was because all people were required to consume a varied diet.
Y7P97 TIL that Robin Williams named his daughter Zelda after the video game.
E1Dm0 TIL in 1972 George Carlin was arrested in Milwaukee for a stand-up comedy bit about seven obscene words: Shit, piss, fuck, cunt, cocksucker, motherfucker and tits. The judge ruled in his favor, setting a precedent that ushered in the era of hardcore 1970s comedy.