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TIL the word “anilingus” is only as old as Coca-Cola. We inherited the words “cunnilingus” and “fellatio” from the Romans, but there was no word for the act of recreationally licking another human’s anus before 1886, when Richard von Krafft-Ebing coined anilingus in his book Psychopathia Sexualis.

by whatilearned November 16, 2021, 5:07 pm

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Today I learned that the Coca-Cola Company is the worlds leading plastic waste producer, using about 200,000 plastic bottles per minute, amounting to about one-fifth of the world’s polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottle output. This amounts to 2.9 million tons of plastic waste per year.

by whatilearned November 12, 2021, 10:41 am

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TIL that in No Time to Die, the cobbled streets of Matera, Italy did not have sufficient grip for the film’s opening car chase. The crew got around this by pouring Coca-Cola all over the road, making it sticky and allowing the drivers to perform the stunts.

by whatilearned November 2, 2021, 5:50 pm

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TIL of a drink called Kalimotxo or Calimocho which consists of equal parts red wine and cola. The drink dates back to the 1920s, originating in Spain. However, the drink didn’t become popular until around 1953 when Coca-Cola became readily available in Spain.

by whatilearned October 28, 2021, 4:18 pm

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TIL That the Twinkie diet study, which aimed to prove that only calories mattered for weight loss, was secretly (at the time) funded by Coca-Cola.

by whatilearned October 27, 2021, 5:56 pm

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TIL our modern interpretation of Santa Claus with a red outfit and white beard is due in large part to holiday Coca-Cola ads that began in 1931.

by whatilearned October 26, 2021, 9:44 pm

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TIL that drinking Coca-Cola is prescribed as an effective treatment for certain types of bowel obstructions

by whatilearned October 22, 2021, 3:17 pm

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It’s disgusting. They used to make COCA-Cola with REAL Cocaine! So you can probably guess what they used to make shamPOO with!

by cringeyjokesman October 18, 2021, 11:54 pm

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TiL Coca-Cola acquired the production company set to make Stand By Me, but discarded the film as having no commercial value. Rob Reiner managed to convince Norman Lear to donate $8M of his own money to make the academy nominated film.

by whatilearned October 11, 2021, 8:50 pm

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TIL that Coca-Cola created Surge in the 90s to compete with Mountain Dew & internally called it “MDK” which stood for Mountain Dew Killer

by whatilearned October 5, 2021, 10:12 pm

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TIL that when Atlanta was awarded the 1996 Olympics over Athens, Greek media blamed a conspiracy organized by Coca-Cola. Bottles of Coke were poured into the sewers of Athens in protest, and Coke’s Greek market share took years to recover.

by whatilearned September 17, 2021, 12:08 pm

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My sex life is like Coca-Cola.

by cringeyjokesman August 24, 2021, 10:39 pm

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