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TIL that in 2013 a study from Connecticut College revealed that Oreos might be as addictive as cocaine

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8mba TIL: In WWII King George VI was at war with Nazi Germany as King of the UK, but as King of Ireland he was at peace with Germany and validated the credentials of German ambassadors. After WWII he was at war with himself as King of Pakistan and seperately King of India
pRAA TIL The orange fruit was initially called a norange (from Arabic náranj), then the ‘n’ was dropped because people mistakenly thought the fruit was called 'an orange’. The linguistic change is called juncture loss.
D4Yg TIL the “average” white American is 0.7% African by genetic descent, and that up to 30% of white Americans are between 2 and 20% African by genetic descent. Conversely, 10% of all black Americans are actually more than 50% European by genetic descent.
R7KaQ TIL Boeing wanted to make air travel 20% faster in 2001 but airlines wanted to save money and bought the Airbus A380 instead.
16ZD7 TIL scientists created a sort of telepathy using computers