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TIL in the 1960's the Sugar Industry funded and selectively picked skewed studies that helped blame saturated fat with causing heart disease instead of sugar

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gM4n7 TIL that two fans of the Epcot ride Horizons spent months documenting it before its closure by jumping out of their vehicle dozens of times to explore the sets without anyone noticing.
b6XGp TIL there is a French superstition that magpies are the reincarnated souls of evil nuns.
e0n9E TIL that IKEA screws get stripped so fast because the screw head is not Phillips, and is actually superior with the right tools
rNwby TIL the upper survival time limit of properly stored seeds remains unknown. The oldest viable seed that has grown into a full plant was an about 2,000 years old Judean date palm seed
OoWx1 TIL of the elaborate watch commissioned as a gift for Marie Antoinette 10 years before her execution. It was finished 34 years after her death.