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TIL that Canada consumes the most doughnuts and has the most doughnut shops per capita of any country in the world

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R5LQ9 TIL caffeine has a ~6hr half-life. So 200mg at 7am today will leave you w/12.5mg same time tomorrow. Repeat everyday and you’ll slowly increase the caffeine already in your system when you wake up.
EaWX TIL that when Charlie Chaplin received his honorary Oscar, he received a 12-minute standing ovation - the longest in Oscar history.
QNEBX TIL that cola drinks are essentially just carbonated herbal tea with caffeine.
gM8w7 TIL about the "male idiot theory", where men are more likely to engage in risky behaviour without any apparent payoff.
LQylm TIL that after having a hit with Ain't No Sunshine in 1971, Bill Withers refused to quit his job at a factory for some time afterwards, believing that the music industry was fickle. The album cover of the album which features the song is a photograph of Withers outside the factory where he worked.