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TIL that airport code for Cheadle Airport in Canada is TIL

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1axY7 TIL people with higher IQs are found to suffer from more mental health problems. While data shows highly intelligent people have a greater life expectancy, it found higher IQs result in increased reports of mental health problems like depression, bipolar disorder, ADHD and others.
QJEKX TIL that the Black Panther Party created the Free Breakfast for School Children Program in which they gave free breakfasts to over 10,000 kids so that they’d have the energy to learn in school
wZYP TIL That auctioneers talk fast to basically hypnotize you into buying things.
K0LE TIL the US version of 1 vs 100 did a special “Battle of the Sexes” episode with 1 woman vs 100 men and 1 man vs 100 women. The woman contestant was eliminated at $50k, the man became the show’s first (and only) million dollar winner.
xVpDg TIL that Jean-Claude van Damme was originally cast as the Predator, but his physique wasn't large enough to compete with Schwarzenegger, Carl Weathers, and Jesse Venture. Kevin Peter Hall was cast, after he had finished shooting Harry and the Hendersons.