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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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MD4b TIL there was a famous racehorse called Potoooooooo (or Pot-8-O) who acquired the strange spelling of his name, Potatoes, when a stable lad was asked to write it on a feed bin. The lad’s version, Potoooooooo, was said to amuse his lordship so he kept it
wLoPo TIL in 1976, Henry Kissinger became the first honorary Harlem Globetrotter.
Oo6kL TIL dogs have musical tastes. The Scottish SPCA and University of Glasgow monitored dogs' heartrates while playing different kinds of music and found that most dogs "prefer reggae and soft rock," though each individual dog also had its own preferences.
7r5kP TIL that most of the dialogue in The Blair Witch Project was improvised. The cast were only given notes outlining the general direction of the narrative for that day's filming.
yQ1yl TIL The Shadow Kingdom, a 1929 short story by Robert E Howard, The creator of Conan, is the origin of the Reptillian Conspiracy Theroy.