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TIL In retail slow music is played to keep you shopping and spend more; in restaurants fast music is played to speed up turnaround.

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grZyb TIL that the world's oldest known message in a bottle was discovered on an Australian beach, having been thrown into the ocean over 132 years ago by a German ship's crew as part of a scientific experiment.
Lko6p TIL that Hitler planned to make Oxford his European 'base' after he invaded England and as such ordered Oxford not to be bombed.
AJBd TIL that the Nazis took many measures to ensure animals were protected as many Nazi leaders, including Hitler supported animal rights
d8m6d TIL of a top secret US Cold War project "Iceworm" to build nuclear missile sites under the Greenland ice sheet. Abandoned due to ice instability it was assumed the chemical and radioactive waste would remain under the ice forever. It's now predicted this waste will re-enter the environment in 2100.
PKRJ TIL Researchers at Northwestern University have developed a blood test to measure major depression in adults by measuring nine RNA blood markers.