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TIL chewing gum has been shown by studies to reduce cravings and increase oxygen flow to the brain, which improves its function.

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6EOvl TIL The Titanic only served third class tea and supper because dinner was meant for middle and high-class society.
78YoX TIL that a 14y/o cheerleader was hospitalized when a 55LB (25kg) frozen coyote carcass struck her in the head at basketball game (1976).
JYJZ4 TIL Waldo, an african grey parrot, is the lead singer of a death metal band called Hatebeak. It is the first band to feature an avian vocalist, and doesn't tour/play live because it would be "absolute torture for the bird to experience decibels at those levels.”
69BZl TIL that following the Revolutionary War, Philadelphia entered a period of heightened sexual activity, characterized by informal encounters in pretty much any available location. During this time, it became known to many as "Sin City."
yVVvJ TIL when Austria was annexed by Nazi Germany in 1938, people in the capital Vienna were so violent towards their Jewish population the Nazi government threatened the the local authorities against 'undisciplined' attacks on the city's Jews (Paywalled)