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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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79yX TIL Madonna attended a performance of ‘Hamilton’ in New York, but she was not invited backstage by Lin-Manuel Miranda afterwards because she was texting during the show.
NDYN TIL that tracksuits, particularly Adidas, are so popular in Russia because after the fall of the Soviet Union, cheap tracksuit clothing flooded the Russian market. The Russian people, who were unaware of western fashion norms, loved the comfortable and cheap clothing, leading to huge popularity.
KmrR TIL the wealthiest self-made woman in the world is a Chinese woman who had the foresight to export US waste paper, recycle it to China to make boxes and packing materials, which will be sent back to the US creating a never ending cycle.
jjOX TIL that of all the 14,748 homicides in the US in 2010, roughly 43% of the victims were African-American, a group who only make up 13% of the population; furthermore, a majority of the victims were young black males, while the perpetrators were similarly young black males.
N7kYE TIL of the Köhler Effect: when one less-capable person works harder to match more-capable people in the same task. Köhler Effect is strongest when a less-able man is paired with a more-capable woman, (thought to be because it's more embarrassing to men to be outperformed by a woman than a man).