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TIL that the colour Blue acts as an appetite suppressant while the colour Red stimulates your appetite.

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OZwg TIL that Wisconsin is the only state requiring external investigations of police-involved deaths.
X0Pg6 TIL that in 2019 a pair of 1972 running shoes, one of the first pairs made by Nike, sold for $437,500
4kMrX TIL: Combination weapons such as a Gun-Axe, Mace-Pistol, or Pistol-Falchion were real and date back hundreds of years. In the 1500s -1800s since guns only fired one shot, they attached them to various weapons such as the German Axe-Pistol. In some cases they attached a gun to a shield.
ADkVo TIL 1998, the largest chemical company in the world (Syngenta) determined that their weedkiller Atrazine interfered with hormones; after exposure to atrazine, frogs that were genetic males became completely functioning reproductive females.
BMDL TIL that due to American Public Law 94-479, by the 94th Congress, George Washington is protected from being outranked by any officer in past, present, and future - so if there’s a 6 star general, Washington is automatically upgraded to 7.