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TIL Breaking Bad was blamed for shocking rise in crystal meth usage throughout europe

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jNvKj TIL that the British invented the word “soccer” to differentiate between Rugby Football and Association Football. They then promptly forgot that they did this and have been blaming the Americans for a problem which they created ever since. (Classic England)
YpxVW TIL that Illusory truth effect is a tendency to believe that a statement is true if it is easier to process, or if it has been stated multiple times, regardless of its actual veracity. The illusory truth effect plays a significant role in election campaigns, advertising, news, and propaganda.
Brn0b TIL about Blue Royal and her mother used jake as a means of income and support but he came to the realization he's being used, now mom and daughter teamed up with a conspiracy
XEgG6 TIL that the name "battery" was first used by Benjamin Franklin in his experiments with Leyden Jars (early electrostatic capacitors) and originally only meant "a group of two or more" borrowing the term from artillery batteries.
6EbBQ TIL that the income and resource stability level of a man is inversely proportional to his preference for breast size. The richer a man is, the more he likes small breasts.