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TIL Woody and Brett Harrelson were born to a hitman who murdered a federal judge

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jVap TIL American shoppers spent $59.1 billion on Black Friday sales in 2012, while 95 percent of Americans have $1.48 of debt for every $1 in earnings.
Ooboe TIL that When written down, the word ‘almost’ is ALMOST the longest word in the English language to have all of its letters in alphabetical order. It comes second to the proper noun Aegilops (which many do not consider as the winner because it is a proper noun).
exg TIL in 1485 a mysterious disease broke out causing people to sweat to death in a matter of hours. The disease claimed the lives of tens of thousands before mysteriously vanishing.
nejl7 TIL that in a review of clinical drug trials, almost all negative studies were unpublished, leading to the false impression that 93% of antidepressant trials had positive results. When unpublished studies were included, 51% of all clinical trials were positive and 49% were negative.
7rQ9r TIL that the "Magic Relationship Ratio," according to science, states that for every negative interaction during conflict, a stable and happy marriage has five (or more) positive interactions