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TIL the decongestant in DayQuil and NyQuil don't work.
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TIL in the summer of 2011, authorities were finally able to create a DNA profile of notorious serial killer Ted Bundy and upload it to the FBI’s national database when vials of his blood, taken in 1978, were discovered previously untouched and forgotten in a Florida crime lab
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TIL that, energizer has a pink buzzy as a mascot in NA.
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TIL the shape of a lawn mowers blade creates lift which forces the grass to stick up, making it much easier to be cut by the next blade
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TIL that the current Georgia state flag is modeled after the first Confederate national flag. In 1956 the state senate voted to incorporate the Confederate battle flag as a statement to preserve segregation. It was only changed to its current version in 2003 after years of refusal by the senate.
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TIL in 1972, a British nutritionist published a book called Pure, White & Deadly in which he warns about the dangers of sugar and advises following a low-carbohydrate diet for weight loss. It would take over 40 years for his work to be recognized by other scientists.