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TIL Shuffling cards seven times produces an order never seen before, literally.

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woXL1 TIL that while philanthropy can have a positive effect on the world, private foundations are between an offshore international business and a private trust designed to promote founder's interests and wishes, but also to protect untaxed income to their heirs.
1Zw7 TIL there is a scientific term for a person’s tendency to modify their behavior when they know they’re being observed. It’s referred to as the Hawthorne effect.
kB8W TIL Coke once tried hidden “MagiCans” that had spring-loaded prizes instead of soda. They failed when technical glitches led consumers to accidentally drink the chlorinated water used to make them feel real.
j61bQ TIL: Robin Williams autopsy revealed he had about 40% loss of dopamine neurons and almost no neurons were free of Lewy bodies throughout his entire brain and brainstem from Lewy body disease (LBD)
e9M5 TIL in Leeds there is a building that was designed so poorly it creates a powerful wind tunnel effect around that is so strong it can knock people of their feet