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TIL in 2007 Colgate was warned against using its advertising claim that "more than 80% of dentists recommend Colgate" in the UK. It implied 80% picked Colgate over its rivals, yet the dentists surveyed were able to name more than one brand & a rival was recommended almost as much as Colgate was.

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78xAX TIL about Constance Fisher (1929–1973), a woman with schizophrenia who killed three of her children in 1954. After years in an institution, she was released, then killed three more children in 1966. Deemed unfit for trial, she was hospitalized, escaped in 1973, and died soon after in an accident.
e0GR5 TIL For the beach run scene in Chariots of Fire, the director originally wanted to use Vangelis' “L’Enfant” and filmed it with the piece blasting live. Vangelis said he could write a better theme and the now iconic running theme was born. He said “My father is a runner, and this is an anthem to him”
V7RZ TIL that Eddie Vedder wrote ‘Jeremy’ after reading a brief newspaper article about a 15-year-old boy in Texas who brought a gun to class and shot himself, in front of his teacher and thirty students. Vedder wanted to show how even such a dramatic gesture would only get a few words in the daily news.
kOpGE TIL of a cemetery island just off the coast of Cabuya, Costa Rica. During low tide, a land bridge will surface, connecting the island to the mainland, which allows people to travel on foot and even hold funeral processions.
8aP8b TIL Romans didn't vomit during feasts, a vomitorium is a series of entrance or exit passages in an ancient Roman amphitheatre or theatre.