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TIL that in a study done over 13 years and involving 15,000 doctors, it was demonstrated that taking a daily multivitamin actually does reduce your risk of getting cancer

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epOMD TIL That one man, William Whewell, coined the words “scientist”, “physicist”, “linguistics”, “electrode”, “ion”, “anode”, and “cathode” among others
74J7 TIL: In 1922 the New York Times published an article on Hitler in which the author argued that “Hitler’s anti-Semitism was not so genuine or violent as it sounded, and that he was merely using anti-Semitic propaganda as a bait to catch masses of followers.”
x91b TIL Indiana SWAT used concussion grenades on an elderly woman and a child due to an Internet post using their wifi.
1aL4W [Today I learned] Morning wood is known as Nocturnal Penile Tumescene and full bladder can also contribute to it
v8mx TIL that Dan Castellaneta sang ’S-M-R-T’ by accident in Homer Simpsons’ “I am so smart” song. The writers kept it in because they found it so much funnier and like something Homer would actually do.