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TIL that candy and snacks are placed close to market cash registers to take advantage of shoppers' decision fatigue.

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R7VEj TIL A London skyscraper melted several cars and started fires due to the intensity of the sun’s reflection on its south side. It had to be fitted with a permanent sunshade to prevent more incidents.
16KYX TIL Wizard of Oz's dream plot was added because writers thought audiences are too sophisticated to accept Oz as straight-ahead fantasy.
BeRW TIL Thorium as an alternative much safer nuclear fuel is abundant and can power the earth cheaply.
jNOGQ TIL that when Argentina were poised to invade Chile in 1978 during Operation Soberanía, Chile drew up plans to poison the water supply of Buenos Aires in retaliation [article in Spanish]
NXO1e TIL that Polonium-210 in cigarettes is one of the only legal sources of internal alpha radiation exposure to humans.