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TIL Beer steins historically have lids to keep bubonic plague-causing flies out of the consumer’s beer

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OoWma TIL Money, in fact, can buy happiness. A Harvard study showed more money = more happiness, esp millionaires who are self-made.
m101p TIL Cows Have Been Shown Not Only To Have Friends, But Best Friends & Experience Stress On Separation
xDd5 TIL words and phrases that are often misspoken or misspelled in a certain way (e.g. “for all intensive purposes” instead of “for all intents and purposes”) are called eggcorns, with the term itself being an eggcorn for the word “acorn”.
a8wOL TIL the first ever episode of Doctor Who was largely overshadowed by the assassination of John F. Kennedy a day prior.
VBL0m TIL that after data reviews, "no evidence [was found] that placebo interventions in general have large clinical effects"