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TIL a 2017 study found that cable TV exposure reduced boys’ cognitive ability and graduation rates, especially in educated families, as light TV entertainment replaces more stimulating activities, affecting development.

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LkDmZ TIL That during the summer of 2013, in Sweden, some male train drivers chose to wear skirts to work in order to revolt against a ban on shorts that their employers had put into place. The company wanted its drivers to look "decent and proper" and believed they couldn't do so in shorts.
VMGkG TIL Stamps are considered a financial liability until they are used, so buying stamps does not provide the United States Post Office with more revenue. Only after the stamps are used can they be credited for revenue.
M7V48 TIL that Albert Severin Roche, who was initially rejected by the French Army for being "too puny", was publicly called "the first soldier of France" by General Foch in 1918 for his heroism in WWI
D1rAv TIL people in Maine are called Downeasters because it's downwind and east sailing from Boston. It's also why they "ship up" to Boston.
gM9Q8 TIL about eight-year-old Christian McPhilamy. He endured bullying as a result of him deciding to grow his hair out long in order to donate it to kids who lost their hair as a result of cancer.