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TIL The average high school student today has the same stress level as the average psychiatric patient did in the 1950s.

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oVOR TIL a 2012 study in East Germany was unable to find a single person under the age of 28 who believed in God
p8oQO TIL that if you add 250 ml of water with 250ml of ethanol you get less than 500ml of liquid.
VM9kQ TIL that Alfred Hitchcock was afraid of Eggs. He also found egg yolk more revolting than blood because of its yellow color. It affected him so much that he avoided eating eggs so he would never have to taste it.
x6Ogg TIL in 1989, when Universal Studios found out that the Disney Co was suing 3 Florida daycares over using 5 foot tall likenesses of their trademarked characters illegally, they stepped in and offered the daycares permission to use their characters like Scooby-Doo, Flintstones, and Yogi Bear for free.
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