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TIL Elon Musk was an executive producer on “Thank You for Smoking”

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K77B TIL the Maunder minimum was a period of record-low sunspot activity that lasted from 1645 to 1715. This period coincides with the Little Ice Age and suggested to scientists that solar activity plays a major role in Earth’s climate.
oB8XR TIL that if you mix 25 or more random pictures from the internet, you will get orange.
VMWj0 TIL that in Italy the installation of a bidet in a bathroom has been mandatory since 1975
mKLv TIL whole milk is only 3.5% fat and is calorically very similar to the “healthier” option of 2% milk
jYWn TIL that there is a psychological phenomenon called the Backfire Effect. Essentially, the more you try to convince someone they are wrong using facts and figures, the more convinced they become that their preexisting beliefs are correct.