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TIL:Daylight Savings costs the U.S. an estimated $434 million in lost productivity and decreased health.

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LyE9 TIL that “Sister” Amy Archer-Gilligan (1868-1962), who ran a nursing home, killed at least 5 people by poison (including her husband) but was possibly involved in more deaths as authorities found 48 deaths total at her nursing homes. Her story inspired the play and film Arsenic and Old Lace.
M7oQA TIL the most sadistic word in the English language: Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia
RoR9 TIL in 1959 the USPS attempted to deliver mail via cruise missile and successfully shipped 3,000 pieces of mail from Virginia to Florida in 22 minutes.
PYg8E TIL that one of the creators, writers, and producers of such U.S. popular TV shows as "Frasier", "Wings", and "Cheers" died on Sept. 11, 2001, David Angell was returning from vacation on American Airlines Flight 11 when it crashed into the World Trade Center's north tower.
1aMnX TIL Keith Moon died in the same apartment as Mama Cass approx. four years after her. They were both 32 when they passed.