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TIL that people develop first impressions of you in a tenth of a second

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7rjoX TIL the renouned British pub meal, 'Ploughman's Lunch', was invented in the 1950s as a marketing exercise. The Cheese Bureau, a marketing body, began promoting it in pubs as a way to increase the sales of cheese, which had recently ceased to be rationed.
1aXLP TIL the CIA may have written Winds of Change by Scorpions to fell communism.
bedj TIL in Christmas 2010, the Colombian government covered jungle trees with lights. When FARC guerrillas walked by, the trees lit up and banners asking them to lay down their arms became visible. 331 guerrillas re-entered society and the campaign won an award for strategic marketing excellence.
ZMjQ TIL you can experimentally measure the speed of Light using marshmallows and a microwave.
wm11 TIL That some gifted children suffer from depression because they’ve already realized death is inevitable and life is meaningless.