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TIL that the jacuzzi was invented by Candido Jacuzzi to provide pain relief for his 15-month-old son, Kenny Jacuzzi, who was born with rheumatoid arthritis.

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Y7V5v TIL: According to a study from UW and reported by NPR, bad diets are responsible for more deaths than smoking. The study covered 195 countries and ranked their diet. Japan, France, Spain had heathier diets whereas US is ranked 43rd. 800 million eat too little, whereas 1.9billion eat too much.
7wwp TIL the biggest financial fraud in human history, involving trillions of dollars, was discovered 2 years ago, and the average person never even heard about it.
6nmW TIL 12 Capuchin monkeys were given one token a day to be used toward buying fruit. Not long after the study began, one monkey was observed giving his token to a female monkey in exchange for sex. The token was then handed over and immediately used to buy a grape.
pD68 TIL that a newspaper posted a poll asking readers if watching Blackfish – a documentary critical of SeaWorld for keeping orcas captive – changed their opinions of SeaWorld. The results were “No.” It was later revealed that 55% of the votes came from a single IP-address … hosted by SeaWorld
OREL TIL in 1985, a Colombian girl was trapped in a volcanic mudflow, and was trapped up to her waist. She was mostly alert and was interviewed. Knowing she would die, volunteers and rescuer did their best to comfort her. She died after 60 hours, and her photo became iconic.