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TIL that Coca-Cola sells 1.9 billion drinks per day

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XEDeE TIL of William Kamkwamba, who at the age of 15 taught himself how to build windmills out of junk to provide his family electricity, and later to pump water for his community that was suffering from a huge drought. He did all of this through library books, as his family couldn't afford schooling.
xVoL1 TIL Coca-Cola was accused of hiring hitmen from a prominent paramilitary group between 1990 and 2002 to kill at least 10 trade union leaders.
4wdN TIL that jalapeños, cayennes, and habaneros can lower high cholesterol, protect from heart disease and cancers, relieve pain, AND encourage weight loss because of a chemical called capsaicin
vdl8 TIL the highest-paid US federal employee is the CEO of the Tennessee Valley Authority, who makes 14 times as much as the US president.
OoP9Y Today I learned the author of the Pulitzer Prize winning graphic novel Maus also co-created the Garbage Pail Kids.