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TIL That tax-free organizations can’t be used to endorse candidates. Many churches (tax-free) have been endorsing candidates and emailing videos of the crime to the IRS, who does nothing about it

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YMBW TIL that patients who are informed what drug they are going to be trialling, and are then placed on a placebo, can experience adverse reactions as well as positive outcomes. They can also become addicted to placebo medication.
R7anw TIL that the "The NeverEnding Story" movie, despite having german producers, a german director and german screenplay authors and being based on a german book, shot mostly in Germany and released in Germany before the US, still was produced in English and features almost exclusively american actors.
vgN8 TIL Jaguar was originally called SS Cars and renamed itself in 1945 to avoid confusion with the Nazi organisation.
a8xdZ TIL As many as 1 in 4 residents in La Rinconada, the highest human settlement in the world, suffer from hypoxia.
KWeQ TIL Because McDonald’s chicken McNuggets were so well received, every franchise wanted them and there wasn’t a system to supply enough chicken. As a result of the chicken shortage, they developed the McRib to give the franchises a new product.