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TIL Use of amphetamines (such as Pervitin and Benzedrine) to stay alert and active longer was pretty widely used in WWII by both sides.

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Y7V5v TIL: According to a study from UW and reported by NPR, bad diets are responsible for more deaths than smoking. The study covered 195 countries and ranked their diet. Japan, France, Spain had heathier diets whereas US is ranked 43rd. 800 million eat too little, whereas 1.9billion eat too much.
X0OOD TIL : Xylitol, a common sweetener added to many foods, gums and toothpastes is extremely toxic to dogs, causing a rapid release of insulin, seizures and eventually liver failure.
vOpD TIL USA ranks 2nd in child poverty. According to UNICEF, 23.1% of American children under the age of seventeen live in poverty.
9wKlM TIL that only three objects have ever been found inside the Great Pyramid of Giza- pieces of wood, a ball made of diorite, and a copper hook. They were found in 1872 in a shaft leading from the Queen's Chamber.
VB0Nk TIL that the terms "upper case" and "lower case" come from the literal cases of metal letter pieces used in typesetting.