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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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XEy88 TIL about Leonardo Da Vinci's Self Supporting Bridge. This Bridge has NO Nails, Screws, Glue Or Fasterns. Just Friction And Gravity
WkvpY TIL one of the chief executives of American Motors had a habit that every time he thought his salary and bonus was too high for a year, he would give the excess back to his company.
ERox TIL wood can be friction welded
yQB88 TIL the use of Hun as a pejorative term for Germans comes from a speech made by Kaiser Wilhelm II in 1900 to troops going to fight the Boxer Rebellion in which he referenced Attila and his Huns making themselves feared in China
W7579 TIL A 1996 survey found that 95% of all American preschoolers had watched Sesame Street before they were three years old.