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TIL that Andrew Wakefield’s study on vaccines causing Autism was debunked in 1999, and the paper he wrote on the subject was retracted in 2010!

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m1dJE TIL a corporation can "own" a color. It's been reported that T-Mobile has filed the most law suits for using a trademarked color.
JwDl TIL that Samuel Johnson wrote in his dictionary definition for oats: “A food usually reserved for horses in England, in Scotland supports the people.” His Scottish biographer retorted, “Aye, which is why in England you’ll raise fine horses, while in Scotland we’ll raise fine people.”
rNBD0 TIL that bovines (cows/bulls) can't see the color red.
KdAJ TIL items confiscated by the TSA (including weapons) end up getting sold back to the general public in state-run auctions.
vQY8 TIL Shaq has a doctorate in education and wrote his thesis on humour in the workplace