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TIL Lucky Charms were created by combining Cheerios and circus peanuts.

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v1oMR TIL about the Montreal experiments at McGill University (1957-1964) by psychiatrist Donald Cameron and funded by the CIA. The patients, mainly diagnosed with depression & schizophrenia, expected positive changes but instead suffered severely under conditions not in accordance with human rights.
5Ov9 TIL that over 2/3 of wealthy Americans drink alcohol daily, but only about 1/3 of poor Americans do.
rb5d TIL that Victoria’s Secret founder sold it for just $4m. (It’s now worth more than $5bn.) He then tried to start a children’s retail store, and went bankrupt. He jumped to his death from the Golden Gate Bridge at age 46 .
p8lPG TIL about Brooke Greenberg, a girl who never aged. She died at the age of 20 still looking like a toddler.
kaam TIL Harrison Ford isn’t grumpy in all his interviews, he actually suffers from anxiety and a fear of public speaking.