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TIL: Olivia Newton-John and Ben Elton are third cousins

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je5R TIL that General Motors hired private investigators and prostitutes to try and catch Ralph Nader in compromising situations, in an attempt to discredit him after he published a book on car safety in 1965.
nWjgP TIL that DFIA (prev. Munchausen by proxy) is one of the most lethal forms of child abuse, with a 6-10% child mortality rate; 25% of siblings of FDIA child victims were also found to be deceased. The only known treatment is separating child from the abusive caregiver, and caregivers rarely improve.
09eR TIL that cuddling releases oxytocin a chemical that helps people recover from physical wounds.
oBmbo TIL about the "Flynn Effect" which shows the average IQ is rising steadily each generation. IQ tests are continually made harder to keep the average at 100. Today's children that take tests from past decades are averaging significantly higher than 100.
XQbX TIL that due to the process of blending together beef from multiple delivery batches, a McDonald’s burger patty “can be made up of the meat from more than 100 cattle”