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TIL A study found ripple effect between couples: when one makes an effort to lose weight, the chances are, the other will shed pounds too.

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9YXDM TIL Lego is the largest tire manufacturing company in the world, producing over 318 million units every year. That is over 870,000 units every day.
JYO6v TIL a 20 year old committed suicide and froze to death from hypothermia, with a body temperature dropping as low as 19C. He was subsequently revived several hours later after an hour and a half of CPR and various complex operations. He survived and has since recovered with no major disabilities.
5M5B TIL George Aldrich has worked for NASA for over 40 years, and his job is to smell things. This is to ensure that there are no unpleasant smells on ISS and the shuttle. Oh and his nose also gets calibrated and tested every four months.
5YOW9 TIL - In Brazil the term "Goal for Germany"(gol da alemanha) is now used if something terrible is happening to you.
vv5B TIL in an experiment every one of 54 undergraduates in wine making and tasting thought they were tasting a red wine while it was actually a dyed white wine. Furthermore when comparing identical wine of different prices experts raved about the expensive wine while panning the cheap wine