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TIL studies show that people eat worse than they normally would if the restaurant offers healthy alternatives. Merely seeing a healthy menu option satisfies the goal to be healthy.

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gMvp9 TIL in the original Greek democracy, elections were seen as undemocratic and oligarchic. To them everyone was equal so they selected their leaders randomly in a process called Sortition.
dDQ87 TIL that the current Crown Princess of Norway was born into a poor family and had a convicted felon as a father. She also has a son from a previous relationship who is a serial sex offender. Her public approval rating as of 2024 is low with only 27% of Norwegians approving of her as future queen.
LQwN0 TIL that Hetty Green, also called the “witch of Wall Street,” was incredibly rich, yet she continued to live in inexpensive lodgings, avoiding any display of wealth and seeking medical treatment for herself at charity clinics. On her death in 1916, Green left an estate of more than $100,000,000.
KYKVQ TIL that in Lionel Messi senior debut for Argentina against Hungary, aged 18, he was sent off only two minutes after he came on, for striking a defender with his arm while trying to shake him off, and was found weeping in the dressing room after his sending-off
Y4nZ TIL the discovery of a megalithic site known as Göbekli Tepe is changing our understanding of human capability during one of humanities most crucial stages of development, as it was built 5000 years before the first known major civilization.