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TIL in 1999 a study showed that a supermarket sold more French wine when stereotypically French music was played instore. This also worked with German wine/music. Customers later claimed that they were ‘unaware’ of the music’s influence.

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wodaE TIL In 1969, Nixon appointed a Space Task Group which presented recommendations including building an Earth-orbiting space station, a lunar-orbiting space station, a base on the lunar surface, and a human expedition to Mars. They were too expensive, so Nixon directed NASA to build the Space Shuttle
6Egwm TIL a poisonous tree and its antidote often grow so close together that their roots intertwine. The Chemchem tree excretes a poisonous black sap that raises a blistering rash on the skin while its counterpart, the Chaka tree, offers chemical compounds that can counteract the rash.
7rE9L TIL that people with schizophrenia have DMT (a powerful psychedelic compound) in their urine. This study found that 47% of schizophrenics, 38% of people with psychosis, and 19% of people with personality disorders had detectable amounts of DMT in their urine.
yQ7XM TIL that scientists placed speakers on dead patches of coral in the Great Barrier Reef and replicated the sounds of healthy coral reef. They discovered that twice as many fish arrived and stayed compared to equivalent patches where no sound was played.
loBPB TIL- Bill Hader got fired from his job working as an usher at a movie theater in Tempe because he "spoiled the ending of Titanic to noisy patrons"