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TIL The longest ever personality study found no correlation between people’s personalities at age 14 and age 77

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W4Y8 TIL Rinsing with Xylitol sugar after brushing drastically reduces mouth bacteria
e0Dkg TIL of United States Foreign-Trade Zones, where cities like San Jose CA control their own foreign trade policy and are not subject to Federal tariffs.
wk9E TIL In July 2011, due to the American debt-ceiling crisis, Apple’s financial reserves were briefly larger than those of the US Government
06kL TIL despite being one of the most famous painters in history, only 15 paintings of Leonardo da Vinci are known to exist. The small number of surviving paintings is due in part to Leonardo’s frequently disastrous experimentation with new techniques and his chronic procrastination.
OoGR1 TIL that in Lagos, Nigeria people paint "This house is not for sale" outside their homes to prevent fake estate agents selling their house to someone using fake documents. In many cases the scammed buyer then has the true owner evicted from their own home.