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TIL “clinically proven” just means consumers who tried the product reported it does what it claims to do.

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R5gOw TIL that Russell-Whitehead spent 300 pages in their seminal work Principia Mathematica proving that 1+1=2.
PYZ4n TIL How a Worm Gave the South a Bad Name, between 1865 and 1910, 40 percent of the South's population suffered from hookworms. Thousands of worms could live in a person at one time. These parasites and the constant bloodsucking made an infected person pale, tired and slow, leading to stunted growth.
aPb0 TIL Gandalf carried another lesser ring of power while Frodo sought to destroy the One Ring in “The Lord of the Rings”
jNPrN TIL in 2010 Spain held a siesta competition. It lasted 20 minutes and contestants were awarded points on the quality of their sleep, their positions, their snores and even for their pyjamas.
VMWNm TIL that due to aristocratic ethos only amateurs could officially participate in the Olympics, professional athletes were banned. The Eastern bloc got around this rule with state-sponsored "full-time amateur athletes". The rule was eventually loosened in the 70s and abolished in 1988.