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TIL that a 2006 study showed those who knew they were being prayed for and shared the religious belief of those praying were less likely to recover than those not receiving prayers after heart surgery.

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XVbR TIL Meredith Gardner, a codebreaker was able to work out that more than 200 American citizens were Soviet agents between 1930 and 1945. One of the spies was William Weisband, who was one of Gardner colleagues on the project, and had told the Soviets as soon as the code was broken.
VMGEB TIL before working on the Donald Duck comics and creating Scrooge McDuck. Carl Barks began his career at a racy man's magazine "Calagary Eye Opener" in the early 1920s. After retiring, he made tons of erotic artwork showing people with duck bills he jokingly referred to as the "Duck Syndrome".
a84ly TIL since 2011 hourly labor costs in Mexico have been lower than China
Mrj8 TIL that almost nothing can live in a modern cornfield ……but corn
jNoDR TIL: Swine Flu (H1N1) 2009 Pandemic killed 14,822 worldwide/3600 in North America