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TIL 1 in every 14 adult men in the United States don’t watch nationally televised sports whatsoever.

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VMYvQ TIL that NFL players where not compelled to stand for the anthem until 2009 when the US-ARMY began paying the NFL for “acts of patriotism”
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dDvJj TIL when Mentos makers saw a chemistry teacher create a soda geyser several feet high by dropping Mentos into Diet Coke on the Late Show. They devised a consumer misuse campaign encouraging user-generated videos and signing content creators to create a trend that acheive a 20% sales spike.
M7Mdm TIL that British soldiers in WW2 used scaffolding to hide the Taj Mahal from potential air raids in India. The scaffolding disguised the monument to look like a bamboo stockpile, protecting it and other cultural heritage sites during the war.
6kml TIL that forests cover over 50% of Sweden, there are also around 100,000 lakes and over 24,000 islands throughout the country. Sweden’s right to public access laws allows these areas to be fully accessible by the public.