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TIL Researchers in Norway have published a psychological scale to measure Facebook addiction, the first of its kind worldwide.

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ADPlo TIL a pair of Miami DJ's prank called Fidel Castro in 2003. They pretended to be Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez to get Castro on the line, and had a brief chat before telling Castro he had been fooled. Castro responded with a brief verbal tirade. The radio station was later fined $4,000
e06v6 TIL in 1862 British merchant Charles Lennox Richardson was killed for getting too close to a Japanese feudal lord. His last words to his travel companions were: "I know how to deal with these people."
lodWN TIL dairy cows accidentally eat so much metal waste that farmers feed them magnets to prevent internal organ damage
eeR6 TIL that Tom Petty does the voice of ‘Lucky’ in King of the Hill
Eggnx TIL that Pop Rocks, Tang, and Cool Whip were all invented by one person, Dr. William A. Mitchell.