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TIL Red placebo pills are more effective than Blue placebo pills

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nedgd Til about the history of the Haka. What the dance means with translations of every step and word.
D1gwv TIL that Peter Cullens, the man who voiced every single iteration of Optimus Prime, also voiced Eeyore from Winnie the Pooh.
Gwd5 TIL Artificial grass got the name “AstroTurf” because the first professional team to play on it was the Houston Astros.
xVy4o TIL NASA launched a satellite after the USSR launched Sputnik, and it crashed in 3 seconds— so the press dubbed it ‘Kaputnik’
OGYeR TIL Ubisoft is the biggest game developer by number of employees (>20,000 employees) and owns the largest in-home development studio worldwide, Ubisoft Montreal (>4,000 employees)