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TIL that most PC and laptop keyboards have tactile markers on F and J keys to help locate them

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MeVLW TIL that in 2013, after more than 20 years of soda being America's number one beverage, water has taken over as Americans' favorite drink.
Mob8 TIL the police department of Tenaha, Texas, routinely pulls over drivers from out-of-town and exercises civil asset forfeiture regardless of guilt or innocence, under the threat of felony charges and turning children over to foster services.
9O4Q TIL in 2000, a study was done in which 20 healthy non-depressed volunteers were given the SSRI antidepressant Zoloft (Sertraline). Two weeks into the study two volunteers became dangerously suicidal.
XopD TIL that Disney’s “Pocahontas” (1995) was originally supposed to feature a talking turkey named Redfeather voiced by John Candy. After Candy’s death, Redfeather was dropped from the film and it was decided the animals shouldn’t speak.
4GoR TIL Diogenes of Sinope, an ancient Greek philosopher, would masturbate in public. When asked why he would say: “If only it were as easy to banish hunger by rubbing my belly.”