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TIL most of the caffeine in soft drinks is actually synthetically produced in Chinese pharmaceutical plants

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awgV9 TIL that after arresting a man for blowing up an airplane federal agents learned that it was not in fact a federal crime to blow up an airplane. Colorado instead charged the man for the single murder of his mother, a passenger on the plane.
wLLEE TIL The world's deepest postbox is in Susami Bay in Japan. It's 10 metres underwater.
NMm1 TIL that in Norway, income and wealth are public record, easily viewable online
eE95 TIL people in the other states use the phrase “Thank God for Mississippi” when referring to embarrassing statewide statistics
LvQQ TIL a study conducted by a linguist and a sound engineer concluded the perfect male voice would be a combination of Alan Rickman and Jeremy Irons