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

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OoYVY TIL: in 2013, Miriam Margolyes, or Professor Sprout from Harry Potter, announced she 'was a dyke' during her Australian Citizenship ceremony in front of the Prime Minister, to gasps from the crowd.
JLmj TIL that Clearwater, Florida holds the record for most consecutive days of sunshine in a single year, with 361 days.
wL1V8 TIL: Despite having a lower rate of smoking, the United States has a 10x higher rate of lung cancer than Japan.
GAyXG TIL: Christopher Reeve wanted to play the Richard Gere role in Pretty Woman but was turned away. The role went to Richard Gere, who had gotten his role in American Gigilo after Christopher Reeve turned it down.
Me6a8 TIL Timothée Chalamet & Luca Guadagnino both independently experimented with a peach to test the authenticity of a pitted peach being used in the narrative as a masturbation tool.