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TIL that drinking beer has been shown to reduce the risk of certain kidney stones

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4XkmN TIL preparations for Y2K computer bug costed world US$300 billion ($417 billion today)
R57D6 TIL that Winston Churchhill defended the collaborationist Security Batallions of Greece, which encouraged them to commit war crimes under the belief that their actions would go unpunished. Almost all of them walked free after the Allies won WWII.
6E5Rl TIL CBS’ online business carries a D- BBB rating for exploiting predatory practices that make it extremely difficult to cancel subscriptions, refusing refunds, and participating in misleading advertising aimed at signing up new customers through free trials
Vmdk TIL Avocados are an example of evolutionary anachronism. They evolved in order to attract megafauna. A large animal would eat the fruit and carry the seed in its digestive system.
OoQQ7 TIL The ability to read mispelled words is not based only on the first and last letter of the word, but also on the overall context and many other psycholinguistic factors. The original meme that made this popular actually used very specific words to show the effect, but it fails for other words.