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TIL in Quebec after banning ads for toys and fast food targeted at children under 13, the result was lower childhood obesity rates.

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9wOXp TIL Richard Feynman taught a two-year introductory physics course at Caltech from 1961 to 1963 and his original students had no textbook—their only written materials were created "on the fly". These notes were later published and used as the introductory physics textbook for nearly two decades
1dnO TIL there’s a farm station in South Australia larger than Israel!
xVp5g TIL about 'The Hum' - an unexplained low frequency humming noise heard across the world by certain people since the 1980's. The Hum has led people to suicide due to its invasiveness.
69BN7 TIL that cyanide is present in almonds, apricots, apples, oranges, flaxseed, bamboo shoots, and foods containing cassava
X0v16 TIL that an A&W restaurant in Lansing Michigan is credited with inventing the bacon cheeseburger, some say due to customers constantly requesting it.