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TIL that in a study of placebos, 30% of patients who received the placebos instead of chemotherapy experienced hair loss

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DQBRJ TIL A 2006 study found doctors handwriting to be just as illegible as other professions. Additionally men's handwriting was twice as illegible as women's (40% illegible vs. 20% illegible).
PYPQw TIL "The Beatles" would never have been seen on American TV but for the JFK assassination. CBS executives decided that America needed something light-hearted on the news to take the nation’s mind off the painful assassination and showed a brief clip. Ed Sullivan was unexpectedly watching.
6Ex18 TIL About the Moriori Genocide, in which the Taranaki Tribe of the South Island of New Zealand slaughtered almost all of the peaceful and non-violent Moriori of the Chatham Archipelago.
VBOgB TIL that the population of New York City more than doubled (127% increase) between 1890 and 1900
RXo7 TIL Dustin Hoffman didn’t shower, sleep or change clothes for 4 days, to get into character for “Marathon Man”. When co-star Sir. Laurence Olivier heard about it, he said “My dear boy, why don’t you try ACTING? It’s so much easier”