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TIL in 2009 a man sued Pepsi after finding a dead mouse in his Mt. Dew. They responded by saying that if the mouse had been in the soda since its bottling, it would have dissolved.

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Me7GV TIL that Jesus first miracle was turning water into wine and it tasted so good it was considered the best wine served at the wedding according to the Bible (John 2:1-11).
y7Ew TIL of the Columbine Massacre (Not the Columbine you’re thinking of). On this day in 1927, a fight between Colorado State Police and unarmed striking coal miners led to machine guns being fired into the crowd of miners. Six miners were killed and dozens were injured.
awG0J TIL R.E.M.’s “Man on the Moon” lyrics repeat “Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah”. Michael Stipe said his friend Kurt Cobain had a habit of placing "yeah" in Nirvana songs so Stipe wanted to outdo him by writing a song with more “yeahs”
Br4QK TIL that during the filming of Poltergeist (1982), the clown doll nearly really killed Robbie Freeling due to an animatronic error when the clown's arm constricted too tightly around his neck. When the actor started protesting he couldn't breath, Spielberg thought he was improve acting.
X05vj TIL that about a million traffic cones are stolen in the U.S. each year