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TIL that “Pixel” is short for Picture Element

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xdMg TIL that in 2006, the makers of Listerine sued the makers of Crest for saying that four out of five dentists recommended Crest mouthwash. They claimed that the 269 dentists surveyed were each paid $75 for participating.
1aJnr TIL Napoleon Dynamite was a pseudonym used by singer-songwriter Elvis Costello in the 80s
KOb4G TIL that voles comfort each other when mistreated. Also, the comforting voles have the same level of stress hormone of the mistreated one, suggesting that voles are capable of empathy
6kkm TIL prior to the Treason Act of 1790, the punishment for a woman convicted of treason was to be burned at the stake. To show mercy, the executioner was equipped with a cord passed around the victim’s throat, which he would then pull tight, strangling her before the flames could reach her.
W7588 TIL that US doctors infected Guatemalan prisoners with syphilis in secret experiments.