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TIL - There are many examples where the food industry altered federal dietary recommendations (the “food pyramid”) in their own economic self-interest. The industries cashed in but this resulted in an overweight population.

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e0oJn TIL: The Bay View Massacre occurred in 1886 when workers demanded an 8-hour workday. When the workers shut down the town, the Governor of Wisconsin gave the National Guard orders to shoot-to-kill. When the Guard Captain got the orders, he picked a man out of the crowd and had him shot.
9YXeB TIL The present urban population is larger than the total population of the world when Richard Nixon was inaugurated as president of the United States of America
dD9bj TIL That “The Ton” in Bridgerton is Mayfair on the Monopoly board.
l7MX5 TIL Shakespeare's original performances were barely rehearsed and highly improvised. The cast would have a single full read and then rehearse for just 2-3 days. Only a handful of scenes were ever choreographed and actors used scripts that only included their own lines.
VM7KQ TIL that Image-Line, the developers of Fruity Loops, made a game called "Porntris" in 1992, which was an erotic version of Tetris.