› added 5 years ago

131

TIL that children exposed to violence and abuse show signs of faster aging

Read more aqwebs.com

via reddit.com

w0X8 TIL OK Soda was a soft drink by The Coca-Cola Company made in 1993, that used unusual advertising tactics such as negative publicity. The drink’s slogan was “Things are going to be OK.” The drink didn’t do so OK and was discontinued in 1995.
Ypjxr TIL in 1996, a patient with gender dysphoria was successfully treated using pimozide
8eY74 TIL after a woman put $40 into a lottery vending machine with the intention of buying multiple cheaper tickets, "some rude person" bumped into her & caused her to accidentally select a $30 ticket. She was annoyed until she started scratching that ticket & realized she'd won the $10 million jackpot.
0wMXp TIL The movie "Tootsie" was based on a nickname given to Dustin Hoffman by his mother.
6EmMJ TIL that the Turkish word for a turkey bird means "India," the Hindi word means "Turkey," the Portuguese word means "Peru," Khmer and Scottish Gaelic call it a "French chicken," Malay calls it a "Dutch chicken," and various dialects of Arabic call it a Roman, Greek, or Ethiopian chicken.