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TIL coloring books for grown-ups are a huge trend and publishers struggle to keep up with demand. The books have successfully been used to reduce stress, relieve anxiety and as rehabilitation aids for patients recovering from strokes.

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X0DD8 TIL that the common understanding of nuclear winter causing mass starvation or even extinction has little scientific support, but scientists have purposefully avoided correcting it out of fear of being perceived as pro-nuclear armament.
awvBA TIL Ben Franklin "predicted" Titan Leeds, a rival publicist, to die on Oct. 17, 1733. When he proceeded to not die, Franklin published an obituary anyways. When Leeds challenged this, Franklin insisted he did in-fact die and would only acknowledge the "inferior imposter" until Leeds actual death.
eGjE TIL that JFK took numerous medications during his time in office prescribed by a doctor nicknamed “Dr. Feelgood”. He was forced to stop administering Kennedy drugs by White House officials, and JFK’s leadership notably improved, leading to successes such as the Cuban Missile Crisis.
xVB7b TIL With a telescope of 13km diameter you'd be able to see the Tesla Roadster in space traveling at 13km/s.
awxLy TIL when Julie Andrews won the Oscar for Mary Poppins, she thanked Jack Warner, the producer of the competing movie, My Fair Lady. Andrews had starred in My Fair Lady on Broadway but Warner refused to cast her in the movie, leaving Andrews open to play Mary Poppins.