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TIL that the Type A/B Personality Theory was actually invented by the cigarette industry in the 1950’s to prove coronary heart disease and cancer were risks related to high-stress personality types instead of tobacco use.

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oBwKL TIL in 2018 NASA scientists have devised a set of new, modern constellations. These include the Hulk, Godzilla, TARDIS, Mjolnir and the U.S.S. Enterprise.
NXVbb TIL that the Brazilian village of Candido Godoi, 7k inhabitants mostly of German descent, have the greatest birth rate of twins in the world (1/5 births). Some believe it is the result of genetic experiments of nazi medic Mengele, notorious for his obsession with creating an Aryan race.
rRj9e TIL Ross Perot is one of the most successful 3rd party presidential candidates, winning 19% of the popular vote as an independent in 1992. Active in issues relating to POWs in the Vietnam War, he orchestrated a daring rescue of two of his own employees who were taken hostage in Iran in 1979.
o61o TIL that when you lose fat, your metabolism permanently decreases. This means that if the weight were regained, it would be harder and harder to lose after each weight loss attempt
m1gOy TIL that after the city of Tbilisi flooded in 2015, numerous animals including big cats, wolves, bears, hyenas and a hippo escaped the Tbilisi Zoo and had to be rounded up by police. An African penguin made it all the way to the border of Azerbaijan.