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TIL Children with ADHD receive an estimated 20,000 more negative messages before age 10 and avoid failure more than other peers.

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xvbD TIL that during construction of the Panama Canal, Ancon Hospital, one of the best hospitals in the tropics, kept potted plants in its open-air atrium in bowls of standing water to keep away ants, not realizing that the mosquitoes that bred in such water were the carriers of malaria and yellow fever.
eNGJ TIL that IKEA, as it is owned by the not-for-profit INGKA foundation, pays no tax on its profits. In 2009, that was 2.538 billion euros.
x6KA5 TIL Obesity in young adult Americans rose from 33% to 41% from 2009 to 2020
dlYK TIL George Lucas offered his game developers the choice between naming a villain “Darth Icky” and “Darth Insanius”, and was completely serious
rG7e TIL that the Crips street gang was formed with the purpose of eliminating other street gangs and forming a neighborhood watch.