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TIL 'Acquired tastes' are, in fact, real: we are psychologically conditioned to prefer sensations we have experienced before, even if it wasn't pleasant.

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QJDBX TIL the song “Mah Nà Mah Nà,” made famous by the Muppets on “Sesame Street” and “The Muppet Show,” originally appeared in the Italian film “Svezia, inferno e paradiso” (“Sweden: Heaven and Hell”), a 1968 exploitation documentary film about wild sexual activity in Sweden.
rNVj4 TIL a boycott/shift from Apple phones and laptops would temporarily crash the entire U.S stock market
Nj88 TIL Canada has the highest levels of greenhouse gas emissions per capita in the world. Higher than the United States and China.
BgoVb TIL Ampersand (&) was once considered 27th letter in the alphabet
kJx47 TIL that in 1997, two artists held an opinion poll to determine what types of music the public loved or hated the most. They then released a 22-minute song designed to be as hated as possible, featuring bagpipes, opera singing, tubas, Walmart product placement, and a rap about Ludwig Wittgenstein.