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TIL that dozens of methods have been proven more effective than AA’s Twelve Step Program

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QNMNp TIL there are 'To-scale' remote controllable toys that cost as much as a full size used vehicle.
peeQ TIL that The Great Sphinx of Giza is not located in a remote region of the Egyptian desert; rather, it stares directly at a Pizza Hut and KFC located in what has become a suburb of Cairo.
w9eo TIL that the iconic baker known as Betty Crocker never actually existed, and was merely a marketing tool created by General Mills.
pYRkb TIL Canadian vocalist Rory Dodd did the voiceover for the original Hungry Hungry Hippos commercial and sang the 'Turn around bright eyes' parts in Bonnie Tyler's Total Eclipse of the Heart.
lKEB TIL that the CIA carried out a terrorist campaign against civilian Viet Cong sympathizers in which over 26,000 were killed while some 55,000 others were captured and subjected to rape, electrocution, maulings, and other torture.