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TIL researchers reviewed 40 episodes of the "Dr. Oz Show" and discovered that almost half of the medical advice had no supporting evidence

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AgQo TIL that the US has over $16 trillion in debt, yet China only holds $1.1 trillion of that debt.
B9Nk TIL Tsundoku is Japanese for buying books, but letting them pile up in one’s home without reading them.
YppVr TIL McDonald’s created a bubble gum flavored broccoli that was a big failure with kids.
GYdpN TIL US Senator William Proxmire of Wisconsin wanted the US to ratify the UN Genocide Convention. He gave a speech on the need to ratify it each day the Senate was in session from 1967-1986 (a total of 3,211 times) until the US Senate finally ratified it on Feb. 11th, 1986 in an 83-11 vote.
JYZp8 TIL Ho Chi Minh used between 50 to 200 pseudonyms throughout his life