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TIL that when people hear a recorded phrase looped numerous times, they begin to hear it as a song

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0wN5N TIL that a chimpanzee became the 22nd most successful money manager on Wall St after choosing stocks by throwing darts at a board of 133 tech companies
j6EDN TIL that because Caffeine doesn't activate the brain's reward system, scientists don't classify it as an addiction
lonMG TIL Senator Joe McCarthy was a heroin addict in his later years, and the US government paid for his heroin
GA7yJ TIL Apple's product placement guidelines for TV shows and movies prohibits the use of its products by the antagonist, or "bad guy", and from a writing standpoint impacts storytelling, as this guideline can inadvertently reveal which characters are good or bad.
0XOM TIL there is a mascot for Testicular Cancer Awareness called Mr. Balls, aka ‘Senhor Testiculo’.