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TIL a 2016 study by the University of Michigan found that pizza was the most addictive food, followed by chocolate and potato chips. The least addictive foods were cucumbers, carrots, and beans which were even less addictive than water.

mxj1y TIL that Thomas Jefferson made his own version of the Bible, called The Jefferson Bible, by literally cutting and pasting passages from Greek, Latin, French, and English bibles that referenced Jesus' moral teachings, but left out his miracles.
JYy98 TIL insufficient sleep has an impact on total daily energy expenditure, food intake, & weight gain. Increased food intake during insufficient sleep is a physiological adaptation to provide energy needed to sustain additional wakefulness;
VMAJp TIL that during WWII, the US government made a propaganda cartoon for the army called Private Snafu, written by Dr. Seuss. One episode was never released because Seuss's script, purely by coincidence, described a fictitious secret weapon very similar to the atomic bombs later dropped on Japan.
W774X TIL A “Keynesian beauty contest” describes why certain commodities are traded not for what they are intrinsically worth, but what others believe they are worth, creating an iteration of valuation belief — like a beauty contest where the judge chooses a winner by guessing the audience’s choice.
0dXE1 TIL the invasion of Poland and the start of World War 2 were the aftermath of false flag events designed by Hitler to justify the invasion.