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TIL research suggests that beer has nothing to do with the “beer gut”

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R7eG1 TIL Why it's Impossible to Accurately Measure a Coastline. Coastlines are like fractals--the further you zoom in, the more complex it gets.
jXKR TIL that plastic was invented because of a $10,000 prize to develop replacement ivory. And that the money was offered by a billiard ball manufacturer.
e0KOE TIL that China is projected to have a larger Christian population than the US by 2030
WkKao TIL Rita Hayworth, "The Love Goddess", was first billed as Rita Cansino and was judged "too Mediterranean" before having her hairline raised by painful electrolysis, changed her hair colour to dark red and took her mother's maiden name. She was a third generation professional dancer.
9ldr TIL that Ticketmaster was investigated by the DOJ for anticompetitive business practices. The investigation abruptly ended when Ticketmaster hired a firm whose former partners occupied top posts in the DOJ’s Antitrust Division