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TIL That the research behind “Type A and Type B personality traits” was secretly funded by cigarette companies in the 1960’s to suggest that smoking cigarettes didn’t cause cancer and heart disease, being Type A did.

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v1N9x TIL Less than a quarter of U.S. workers report using math any more complicated than basic fractions and percentages during the course of their jobs. Blue-collar workers generally do more advanced math than their white-collar friends
AZy7 TIL that google’s error 404 page is ranked #33 among the world’s most visited webpages.
pkJA TIL in 1986 a truck carrying sulfuric acid crashed in Spain - the driver and his wife were found dead, but there was no sign of their son, apart from his shoes. Interpol has called it the ‘strangest missing person case in Europe’
b98Lj TIL in Heavyweights (1995) that Lars was not simply being a dick when pushing the kids in the water. He was forcing them to swim and exercise.
XE4vD TIL Cats don't meow to other cats, only to get humans to do what they want.