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TIL research suggests playing Tetris can give a “quick and manageable" fix for people struggling to stick to diets, or quit smoking or drinking.

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GA4EJ TIL that Coca-cola made with cane sugar winds up having no cane sugar in it. All of the sucrose converts to glucose and fructose during shipping.
NXAEb TIL Key West declared independence from the United States in 1982, then declared war, then immediately surrendered to apply for foreign aid, after being frustrated by the lack of response from the US government to complaints about a roadblock.
p8LWN TIL Ethel Rosenberg's execution did not go smoothly. After she was given three electric shocks, attendants removed the strapping only to have doctors determine that Ethel's heart was still beating. Two more electric shocks were applied, eyewitnesses reported that smoke rose from her head
5LMk TIL that Archimedes of Syracuse discovered the volume and surface area of a sphere 1800 years before calculus was invented by Newton. He also estimated the value of pi to be 3.14185- that’s over 99.9% accurate.