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TIL iodine was added to salt in 1924 to combat goiters, but the iodization also resulted in notable increases in intelligence

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e0n6b TIL about the Oakland Buddha, placed by a resident on a street corner to prevent illegal dumping, the statue has now become a shrine for the local Vietnamese population who leave offerings and have even built a shelter for the Buddah. Crime in the area dropped 82%
m76P TIL that Guantanamo Bay has a few fast food restaurants on base, and prisoners who cooperate in interrogations have been given McDonald’s Happy Meals as rewards
N7lpJ TIL that there's some seriously damning evidence that the Balloon Boy "Hoax" was not, in fact, a hoax, but rather a case of extreme corruption in the justice system.
r9wW TIL that the cartoon “Ed, Edd n Eddy” was created on a dare
kOM71 TIL German was the first language of the majority of households until the 1950s in Schaumburg (Illinois)