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TIL - The "jungle gym" was invented to teach kids 4d thinking

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wB56 TIL Merida (Brave) is the only disney princess to not have a love interest, sing in the movie, or come from an offical Disney film.
6EAPJ TIL in the 1960's the Sugar Industry funded and selectively picked skewed studies that helped blame saturated fat with causing heart disease instead of sugar
p87J8 TIL Burger King is banned from operating within 20 miles of Mattoon, Illinois due to a lawsuit by the owners of a family restaurant named "Burger King".
XEB9Q TIL that putting a wire clothes hanger onto your head instinctively makes you turn your head for some reason. This phenomenon is known as the “hanger reflex”. Try it for yourself, it worked for me.
LkDW0 TIL that 'OK' is thought to be the most frequently spoken or written word on the planet, and likely originated from a 1840's fad of "comical misspellings" which turned 'all correct' to 'oll korrect'. A nearly 200 year old meme, basically.