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TIL sugar doesn't cause hyperactivity in children.

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16R47 TIL Japan is offering smiling classes because some people forgot how to do so during the pandemic
9vOB TIL The Russian Tupolev bomber aircraft Tu-95 is supposedly so loud that its noise could be detected by the submarine sonars.
KYYwE TIL in the 1800s, the country now known as Vietnam asked the Qing dynasty to change their name to "Nam Việt". The dynasty said no, and changed their name to "Việt Nam" instead.
KYwe9 TIL that the fragrance/perfume given as a gift to the Marquis de Lafayette by George Washington, is still produced by the same manufacturer today. The fragrance has been worn by Washington, John Quincy Adams, JFK, George Gershwin, and countless others.
wL0W8 TIL In 1970 Oregon attempted to discard a whale carcass on its coast by blowing it up.