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TIL some slang words and phrases commonly used in the UK today originated 100 years ago in the trenches of WWI.

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1j0P TIL Tostitos made a promotional bag for the Superbowl that had sensors to detect alcohol on a person’s breath. If alcohol was detected the bag gave a 10% discount for Uber, and also had a NFC tag to call the driver.
gMV5L TIL that a fake city of 30,000 was built in Tennessee during World War II as a front for a nuclear research facility
NXEyb TIL The Wiggles iconic Wiggle Fingers was created as a safe way for people to know where their hands are when interacting with children
neAQG TIL a study in 2016 found through meta-analysis that probiotics reduce the chance of people developing depression, and may even help people with major depressive disorder alleviate their symptoms.
LkVoQ TIL that between the 11th and 19th centuries, Buddhist monks in northern Japan practiced a kind of meditation called Sokushinbutsu, in which they would mummify themselves alive by slowly weaning themselves off food and water before eventually starving to death