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TIL because of the 2008 Chinese milk scandal causing mistrust in local suppliers, it is estimated that up to 80% to 90% of infant formula purchased in Australia is destined for China.

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vPwbR TIL that a study shows wearing a mask decreased the quality of chess players’ decisions—a measure of their cognitive performance. However, the disruptive effect of masks is relatively short-lived, gradually weakening so that there is no measurable disadvantage after roughly 4 hours of play.
VMJg0 TIL The tendency to see Van Gogh's mental illness in his work began as a rebuke by critics who hated it, at a time when mental illness was highly stigmatized. He was actually only seriously ill in the final 2 years of his life.
xVBv5 TIL that Charging Bull, the famous statue on Wall Street, was installed secretly and illegally outside the New York Stock Exchange in 1989 following the 1987 stock market crash. The sculpture was seized and impounded by NYPD, but re-installed two blocks south of the Exchange after a public outcry.
R7g5w TIL that “Toy Story 2” was almost lost when a staff member accidentally ran a command deleting valuable files. They were able to salvage two months of intensive work because one of the technical directors had just had a baby, was working from home, and had saved backups on their home computer.
E1ow7 TIL about Soong Mei-Ling, the sister-in-law of Sun Yat-sen and the wife of Chiang Kai-shek. Her life traversed three centuries, and she lived through pretty much all the forms of government that China has tried - emperor, republic, communism, dictatorship.