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TIL Apple's first CEO was named Michael Scott

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78aDM TIL President John Adams son Charles died of alcoholism at 30 years old while he was president
97X TIL that crying releases excess stress hormones, thus creating the effect of feeling better after crying.
R7XB8 TIL about the sick building syndrome, a condition in which people in a building suffer from symptoms of illness or become infected with chronic disease from the building in which they work or reside. Misplanned aerodynamics and defective construction materials are among the causes of SBS.
WkRLN TIL that Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s grandfather made his fortune by smuggling opium from China, calling it a “fair, honorable and legitimate trade”
o7GA TIL, according to scientists, this is the most relaxing tune ever recorded. In test subjects, it reduced anxiety by 65% and supposedly induces a trance-like state.