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TIL most of Ringo Starr's art pieces are titled just because he had to give the files containing them names.

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kZ1 TIL That even if a drugtest is 99% sensitive and 99% specific despite the apparent accuracy of the test, if an individual tests positive, it is more likely that they do not use the drug than that they do.
4kRG6 TIL that The Hershey company (chocolates) and The Hershey Creamery Company (ice-crea) are not related, though both were founded in Lancaster County, PA in 1894 by men whose surnames were Hershey and who were not related to each other. The two companies have had bitter trademark disputes for decades.
X0E1j TIL that 2 different people voiced Uncle Iroh from ATLA, Greg Baldwin voiced the character after Makoto Iwamatsu (Mako) passed away in 2006 from cancer
nW9bG TIL that there are 167 Zoroastrian fire temples in the world, of which 150 are in India. Of these only 9 (1 in Iran and 8 in India) are the main temples known as atash behrams and the remaining are the smaller temples known as agiarys.
AX4l TIL the “cheerleader effect”, the theory that girls look more attractive in groups, is scientifically proven