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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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JYARm TIL: An observational study of hand washing after toilet use at an Infectious Disease conference found that compliance with hand hygiene after toilet visits was 84% for conference participants, 75% for members of the public, and only 46% for hospital staff.
GYE5N TIL Frederick Douglass was the most photographed American of the 19th century.
yRDp TIL a rigorous experiment found that non-celiac gluten sensitivity probably doesn’t exist and instead patients were experiencing a ‘nocebo’ effect.
BgMQK TIL: How Rapper 50 Cent Made Shaquille O'Neals Car Beyond Famous
9wvZp TIL that one of the very last surviving team members of the 1939 film “The Wizard of Oz” is Caren Marsh Doll, who is currently 104 years old. Marsh served as Judy Garland’s stand-in during the film’s production.