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TIL: Hidden Valley ranch dressing is manufactured by Clorox.

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NDWE TIL after President Woodrow Wilson suffered a severe stroke in Oct. 1919 his wife (Edith Wilson) began to screen all matters of state and decided which to bring to the bedridden president. In doing so, she de facto ran the executive branch of the government for the remainder of Wilson’s second term.
LjN9 TIL that when orchestra’s do “blind auditions” where you can’t see the artist performing, females are chosen 50% more often than in traditional auditions.
GPxE TIL: Lack of connection is a key reason why people have suicidal thoughts; isolation contributes to and escalates their pain.
nee6o TIL Looting during and after Hurricane Katrina was grossly over exaggerated by the media.
AD45a TIL the world's most isolated ice caves are in Hawaii. They are frozen all year round with permanent ice.