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TIL that Finland teaches critical thinking and media literacy in K-12 classes as part of a nation-wide anti-disinformation campaign

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KnRw TIL of 110-year-old Reg Dean whose family attributed his long life to someone in India before WW1 who gave him a muddy elixir and told him “drink this and you’ll live til at least 100”.
KOdwB TIL after the movie Office Space premiered, Swingline received requests for red staplers, which they stopped selling years prior. Due to high demand, they began to produce the red staplers again. They would later become the company's best selling stapler and transform the image of the company.
Yd0A TIL: The term ‘Sith’ is never mentioned in the original Star Wars trilogy
KlWa TIL A man convicted of manslaughter, while drunk driving, settled out of court with the victim’s family for $936 to be paid $1 at a time to remind him what he had done to their daughter.
5V9On TIL The Ford E-Series van / stripped chassis has been produced continuously since 1992 and the chassis itself is a carryover from its predecessor, dating back to 1975