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yVB5J TIL that there is little evidence that antioxidants in the diet prevent disease. Some antioxidant supplements actually increased lung cancer rates in smokers, while others increased rates of heart failure and stroke.
Z8w7a TIL that George Harrison briefly quit the Beatles and John Lennon suggested replacing him with Eric Clapton, saying “he's just as good and not such a headache."
VMl5Q TIL that due to Bengal famine in 1770 almost 10 million people died in Bengal in 4 years eliminating 1/3rd of the population. This led to huge reduction in land Revenues of the East India Company which then influenced British to pass Tea act to reduce its troubles which led to Boston Tea Party.
v16Lx TIL that the 'Change my Mind' meme guy drinking out of the coffee cup was the voice of Alan Powers aka 'The Brain' on PBS' Arthur
BgRbW TIL in 1989, Silicon Beach Software coined "plug-in" to describe add-on extensions for their graphics app SuperPaint. They were later acquired by Aldus, which in turn was acquired by Adobe.