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TIL that there is no 't' in the shoe company Skechers' name

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wok0Y TIL increasing the tax on tobacco products is one of the most effective ways in decreasing tobacco usage.
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mxJjv TIL that Disneyland edited out every cigarette they could find in Walt Disney’s photographs, causing his unusually iconic two finger pointing gesture. Tom Hanks even used it in Saving Mr. Banks as do Disney employees now.
Eggmx TIL about cold reading, a technique used by mediums and psychics in which the reader, through strategic questioning, gets the subject to reveal information, and through clever psychology convinces them the information actually came from the reader rather than themselves.
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