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

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AD4ed TIL the OSIRIS-REx asteroid lander did not just land on an asteroid as it flew past, it's able to return to Earth and is actively returning a sample from the asteroid and is due to land in 2023.
M7NWa TIL Zam Zam Cola is the unofficial soft drink of the Hajj
9wAMB TIL the annual risk of sudden cardiac death in Black Division I basketball players is one in 5,000. In white players, it is one in 16,000.
wBwo TIL; Admission to Canada’s nation parks is free all of 2017 because it’s Canada’s 150th year celebration
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