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TIL the TV show 'You' starring Penn Badgley is actually a Lifetime network TV series

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1xoV TIL starting in the 1960s, the American Heart Association advised the public to eat less saturated fat and switch to vegetable oils for a “healthy heart.” The American Heart Association was founded in part by the makers of Crisco.
4XRl5 TIL 71% of U.S. youth would not currently qualify for military service due to their heath, physical appearance, or educational background.
D1X1v TIL the origins and history of the 'New York Greek coffee cup' seen in a lot of tv shows/movies
bYj9 TIL KGB defector Anatoli Golitsyn claimed in 1984 the USSR would intentionally collapse in order to lull the West into complacency.
xVjg5 TIL That in masonry, a "cornerstone" is the very first stone set as a reference point for all other stones, while a "keystone" in an arch is the very last stone put in place at the top to support the weight of every other stone.