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TIL A 2008 review of 11 studies found flossing was no more effective than brushing alone in reducing plaque or gingivitis. A 2011 review found "some evidence" from 12 studies, and "weak, very unreliable evidence from 10 studies" that it did. The US government stopped recommending flossing in 2015.

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XENwE TIL that Memorial Stadium at the University of Illinois has a bulldozer underneath the field. During construction of the stadium, torrential rains caused a bulldozer to sink into the mud. Being too expensive to remove, the bulldozer remains buried beneath the field as of this day
mx16Y TIL: Shortly after Charles Manson was arrested he wrote to one of the "Manson Family" members from jail asking her to assassinate President Ford. She approached Ford and pointed a gun at his face but was tackled to the ground by secret service agents after her gun misfired.
axn9 TIL In 1965 Former Vice President Al Gore and actor Tommy Lee Jones, while they were at Harvard University were roommates. The two of them became fast friends and even started a country music band together.
xVvNg TIL About Mike Hayes, The Kid Who Crowdfunded His College Education — In 1987 by collecting a penny from 2.8 million people.
oBblY Today I learned that in America, a M-134 (commonly referred to as a Mini-gun, due to the small caliber relative to its weapon type) can be legally owned by a civilian. And 11 of them are. And that a traditional Gatling gun isn’t considered a machine gun so it can also be owned completely legally.